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So another challenge for our generation is to create global institutions that reflect our ideas of fairness and responsibility, not the ideas that were the basis of the last stage of financial development over these recent years.
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Birth: | 20th February, 1951 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Politician |
James Gordon Brown was born in Scotland. He is a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Blair Government from 1997 to 2007. He earned a BA degree in 1971, an MA degree in history in 1972, and his PhD in history from the University of Edinburgh in 1982. He served as a rector at the University of Edinburgh from 1972-75. From 1976 to 1980 he was employed as a lecturer in politics at Glasgow College of Technology. From 1980, he worked as a journalist at Scottish Television, later serving as current affairs editor until his election to Parliament in 1983. He was a Member of Parliament from 1983 to 2015, first for Dunfermline East and later for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.
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