Gordon Brown
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![Gordon Brown and President of the United States George W. Bush meet at Downing Street](/Images/godic/202501/02/George_W._and_Laura_Bush_+_Gordon_and_Sarah_Brown_20082355.jpg")
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James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007. Brown was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1983 to 2015, first for Dunfermline East and later for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.