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Forbes most powerful people list snubs European leaders...Russian prime minister. Gordon Brown was ranked 29th and Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, came in at a humbling 56th on a list whose selection criteria are - as intended - likely to attract some puzzlement. The only other British... In this article: Forbes, Chief Executive, Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, FIFA, Dalai Lama, Joseph Blatter, Carlos Slim, and Lloyd Blankfein |
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washingtonpost.com | October 20, 2009
Book review: 'All in the Mind' by Alastair Campbell
That book's success derived in part from Campbell's ability to make Blair, Gordon Brown, George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin and others seem less like pasteboard leaders and more like living, breathing (and frequently cursing) human beings.
In this article: Alastair Campbell, All in the Mind, The Blair Years, Tony Blair, Kosovan, Vladimir Putin, George W. Bush, and James Carville
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Daily Mail | November 09, 2009
JULIE WELCH: A running joke: Why Gordon Brown (and all middle-aged men) should put away those jogging pants
...stunt, has not once been captured on camera jogging. David Cameron, pictured jogging during the Tory conference, does at least look a good deal more comfortable than Gordon Brown. Even so, your immediate reaction is: 'David, please, no...
In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, David Cameron, Boris Johnson, George Bush, London, and Inflation
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Washington Times | September 01, 2009
Obama not smooth on Gdansk
...Jr. or Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Gen. Jones will stand alongside Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Anyone want to play "who doesn't belong in this...
In this article: United States, James L. Jones, White House, Poland, World War II, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Tin
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Guardian | October 31, 2009
Sorry, Gordon, but your body politic doesn't match Putin's
...the edge of exercise addiction and burn-out. But most voters seem to view it differently: Brown is expected to lose the next election to a man whose principal political accessory is a bicycle. Whether Blair haters like it or not, the new...
In this article: Tony Blair, Vladimir Putin, Alastair Campbell, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, David Cameron, EU, Jean-Claude Juncker, and Nicolas Sarkozy
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Washington Times | September 30, 2009
Repeating history
...Mr. Chavez, Russia's Mr. Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong-il have any real fear of Mr. Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel? Do we have any reason for real...
In this article: Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Adolf Hitler, Hugo Chavez, Tojo, Benito Mussolini, Josef Stalin, Neville Chamberlain, and Margaret Thatcher
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Guardian | November 02, 2009
Russia snubs extradition request
...avoided Vladimir Putin, now Russia's prime minister, and allowed bilateral ties to "ossify". Brown and Putin have not met during Brown's premiership. In the wake of Litvinenko's murder Britain tightened its visa regime for top-ranking Kremlin...
In this article: David Miliband, Russia, Alexander Litvinenko, Sergei Lavrov, Moscow, Dmitry Medvedev, Britain, and Andre Arshavin
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Daily Mail | September 12, 2009
Putin hints at a return to the Russian presidency... and could be in power untill 2024!
...was only temporary. Mr Putin said that swapping places with Mr Medvedev again was no more sinister than the Labour leadership agreement in 2007, when Gordon Brown took over power from Tony Blair without election. Taking turns: Russian...
In this article: Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Moscow, United States, Russia, United Russia, Eurasia, and Labour
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The Times of India - Business | March 31, 2009
Settle it over pillow-fight, Time tells Ambani brothers
...include Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Tim Geithner, Sarah Palin, Gordon Brown, Asif Ali Zardari, Ashfaq Kayani, Dalai Lama, Vladimir Putin, Hu Jintao, Ben Bernanke, Tony Blair and Angela Merkel. Besides,...
In this article: Indra Nooyi, Dalai Lama, Reliance Industries, Carlos Slim Helu, Tim Geithner, and Michael Phelps
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Independent.ie | September 11, 2009
Putin eyes up Kremlin again
...leader to stay in power until 2024. The prime minister yesterday insisted that swapping places with Dimitri Medvedev, the President, was no more sinister than when Gordon Brown took Tony Blair's job. Mr Putin, who turns 57 next month,...
In this article: Vladimir Putin, Dimitri Medvedev, Anatol Lieven, Russia, King's College London, Ukraine, Tony Blair, and London
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James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party. Brown became Prime Minister in June 2007, after the resignation of Tony Blair and three days after becoming leader of the governing Labour Party. Immediately before this he had served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour government from 1997 to 2007 under Tony Blair.
Brown has a PhD in history from the University of Edinburgh and spent his early career working as a television journalist. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1983; first for Dunfermline East and since 2005 for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. As Prime Minister, he also holds the offices of First Lord of the Treasury and the Minister for the Civil Service.
Brown's time as Chancellor was marked by major reform of Britain's monetary and fiscal policy architecture, transferring interest rate setting powers to the Bank of England, by a wide extension of the powers of the Treasury to cover much domestic policy and by transferring responsibility for banking supervision to the Financial Services Authority. Controversial moves included the abolition of Advance Corporation Tax (ACT) relief in his first budget, and the removal in his final budget of the 10 per cent "starting rate" of personal income tax which he had introduced in 1999.
After an initial rise in opinion polls, Brown's time as Prime Minister has seen his approval ratings fall and the Labour Party suffer its worst local election results in 40 years. Despite public and parliamentary pressure on his leadership, he remains leader of the Labour Party.
- Birth Date:
- February 20, 1951
- Birthplace:
- Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
- Religion:
- Church of Scotland
- Nationality:
- British
- Spouse:
- Sarah Brown
- Residence:
- North Queensferry
- University Attended:
- University of Edinburgh
- Political party:
- Labour
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