Gordon Brown

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Gordon Brown is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010 and was previously a long-serving Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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instanceOf economist
human
politician
academicDegree Doctor of Philosophy
appointedBy (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Elizabeth II
appointedBy (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) Elizabeth II
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
dateOfBirth 1951-02-20
educatedAt Kirkcaldy High School
University of Edinburgh
endTime (Chancellor of the Exchequer) 2007-06-27
endTime (Leader of the Labour Party) 2010-05-11
endTime (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) 2010-05-11
familyName Brown
fieldOfStudy history
fullName James Gordon Brown
givenName Gordon
James
ideology social democracy
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
name Gordon Brown self-link
nationality British
notableWork Beyond the Crash
My Life, Our Times
New Labour project
surface form: The New Labour ethic
numberOfChildren 3
occupation author
lecturer
politician
parliamentaryGroup Labour Party (UK)
placeOfBirth Giffnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
MP for Dunfermline East
MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Minister for the Civil Service
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
precededBy (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Kenneth Clarke
precededBy (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) Tony Blair
religion Church of Scotland
Presbyterianism
residence North Queensferry
surface form: North Queensferry, Fife, Scotland
spouse Sarah Brown
startTime (Chancellor of the Exchequer) 1997-05-02
startTime (Leader of the Labour Party) 2007-06-24
startTime (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) 2007-06-27
succeededBy (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Alistair Darling
succeededBy (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) David Cameron

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Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath MP Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown name Gordon Brown self-link
Ed Miliband precededBy Gordon Brown
this entity surface form: Gordon Brown (as Leader of the Labour Party)
Lord Mandelson servedInGovernmentOf Gordon Brown
Alan Johnson servedUnder Gordon Brown
Tony Blair succeededBy Gordon Brown