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Date of Birth: 20 February 1951
Age: 75 years old
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James Gordon Brown HonFRSE is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Tony Blair's government from 1997 to 2007, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1983 to 2015, first for Dunfermline East and later for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. Brown is the most recent Labour politician as well as the most recent Scottish politician to hold the office of prime minister.

A doctoral graduate, Brown studied history at the University of Edinburgh, where he was elected Rector in 1972. He spent his early career working as both a lecturer at a further education college and a television journalist. Brown was elected to the House of Commons in 1983 as the MP for Dunfermline East, later becoming the MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath in 2005. He joined the Shadow Cabinet in 1989 as Shadow Secretary of State for Trade, and was later promoted to become Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1992. Following Labour's victory in the 1997 general election, its largest landslide general election victory in history, Brown was appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer, becoming the longest-serving holder of that office in modern history.

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. Brown presided over the longest period of sustained economic growth in British history. He outlined five economic tests, which resisted the UK adopting the euro currency. Controversial moves included the abolition of advance corporation tax (ACT) relief in his first budget, the sale of UK gold reserves from 1999 to 2002, and the removal in his final budget of the 10% starting rate of personal income tax which he had introduced in 1999.

Following Blair's resignation in 2007, Brown was elected unopposed to replace him, becoming Labour leader on 24 June and being appointed prime minister three days later on 27 June. Under Brown, the party continued to use the campaign label New Labour, though Brown's style of government differed to that of Blair. Brown's government introduced rescue packages in 2008 and 2009 to help keep the banks afloat during the global financial crisis, and as a result the national debt increased dramatically. The government took majority shareholdings in Northern Rock and Royal Bank of Scotland, both of which experienced severe financial difficulties, and injected large amounts of public money into several other banks, including Lloyds Banking Group, which formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009. In 2008, Brown's government passed the world's first Climate Change Act, and introduced the Equality Act 2010.

Despite initial rises in opinion polls after Brown became prime minister, Labour's popularity declined with the onset of the Great Recession, leading to poor results in the local and European elections in 2009. In the 2010 general election, Labour lost 91 seats, the party's biggest loss of seats in a single general election since 1931, resulting in a hung parliament in which the Conservative Party won the most seats. Brown remained prime minister while the Liberal Democrats entered separate negotiations with Labour and the Conservatives with a view to forming a coalition government. After the Conservatives formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats, Brown was succeeded as prime minister by Conservative leader David Cameron, and as Labour Party leader by Ed Miliband.

After leaving office, Brown returned to the backbenches, continuing to serve as the MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath until he gave up his seat in 2015, has since made occasional political interventions, and has also published several political themed books. Brown played a prominent role in the campaign to maintain the union between Scotland and the United Kingdom during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, and in 2022 unveiled a Labour Party blueprint with incumbent Labour leader Keir Starmer for the future, proposing the biggest ever transfer of political power out of Westminster and into the towns, cities, and nations of the UK. Since stepping down as an MP, Brown has served as the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and the WHO Ambassador for Global Health Financing.

As chancellor, Brown had high approval ratings and was rated as the most successful chancellor in terms of providing economic stability, working independently from the prime minister and leaving a lasting legacy on Britain's economy. During the first four months of his premiership, Brown enjoyed a substantial lead in the polls, but his popularity fell significantly throughout the remainder of his tenure. His premiership has generally been viewed as average in historical rankings and public opinion of British prime ministers.

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Date of Birth 20 February 1951

Age 75 years old

Zodiac sign Pisces Fish - go with the flow People born under the sign of Pisces are mostly passive, devoid of perseverance, purposefulness and unstable. They are not able to withstand the circumstances, they are constantly hovering in dreams, believing that everything…

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Scorpio	96%
Taurus	96%
Aquarius	92%
Capricorn	88%
Pisces	88%
Aries	80%
Cancer	76%
Virgo	76%
Sagittarius	72%
Leo	68%
Gemini	64%
Libra	60%

Chinese horoscope Rabbit Rabbit - charm and kindness The rabbit is usually cautious, judicious and restrained. People born in the Year of the Rabbit want to live in peace and comfort and protect their peaceful life. Rabbits are extremely gentle creatures - they symbolize ch…

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Goat	96%
Snake	96%
Pig	92%
Dog	92%
Dragon	88%
Rabbit	84%
Monkey	80%
Horse	76%
Tiger	72%
Bull	72%
Rat	68%
Rooster	40%

Slavic horoscope Stork Born under the Stork sign of the Slavic horoscope, people often combine mythic memory with practical steadiness — reading cycles early and standing firm for those they call their own.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Wolf	96%
Fox	92%
Bear	92%
Raven	92%
Stork	88%
Horse	84%
Finist	84%
Elk	80%
Eagle	76%
Aurochs	76%
Pike	64%
Boar	64%
Virgin	60%
Swan	56%
Lynx	56%
Serpent	36%

Egyptian horoscope Geb Geb in the Egyptian horoscope marks a period ruled by a distinct god — shaping temperament, luck in affairs, and the way a person protects what they value.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Osiris	96%
Mut	96%
Geb	88%
Isis	84%
Nile	84%
Anubis	80%
Horus	76%
Thoth	76%
Amun-Ra	76%
Bastet	64%
Set	64%
Sekhmet	56%

Druid horoscope Ash Ash bridges the practical and the meaningful. Born 18 February to 17 March, Ash people connect ideas, languages and people, making complex things understandable.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Alder	96%
Rowan	92%
Ash	88%
Holly	84%
Oak	80%
Birch	80%
Hawthorn	76%
Willow	76%
Hazel	64%
Reed	60%
Ivy	56%
Vine	56%
Elder	44%

Indian horoscope Kumbha The Vedic rashi Kumbha carries a sidereal rhythm of Jyotish — temperament, dharma leanings, and the ruling graha color how a person acts and chooses.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Meena	92%
Makara	92%
Kumbha	88%
Dhanu	84%
Tula	84%
Vrishchika	76%
Kanya	76%
Karka	64%
Vrishabha	64%
Simha	60%
Mithuna	56%
Mesha	36%

Flower horoscope Belladonna Born under Belladonna in the flower horoscope, people often find strength in beauty, atmosphere, and the quiet symbolism of their birth bloom.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Lily	96%
Poppy	96%
Mistletoe	96%
Gentian	96%
Magnolia	92%
Foxglove	92%
Mimosa	92%
Immortelle	92%
Thistle	92%
Belladonna	88%
Sunflower	84%
Tulip	84%
Daisy	84%
Lily of the valley	84%
Dahlia	84%
Wild rose	80%
Bellflower	80%
Hydrangea	80%
Violet	76%
Water lily	76%
Chamomile	76%
Purslane	76%
Gladiolus	64%
Peony	64%
Camellia	64%
Heather	64%
Rose	64%
Orchid	60%
Aster	60%
Dandelion	56%
Freesia	56%
Lilac	56%
Carnation	56%
Delphinium	56%
Edelweiss	40%
Lotus	36%

Decan horoscope Pisces — 1st decan The Pisces — 1st decan decan refines your zodiac sign with a sub-ruler accent — temperament, decision style, and inner strengths differ even within the same sun sign.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Pisces — 3rd decan	96%
Pisces — 2nd decan	96%
Aquarius — 3rd decan	96%
Aquarius — 1st decan	96%
Aquarius — 2nd decan	92%
Capricorn — 3rd decan	92%
Capricorn — 2nd decan	92%
Pisces — 1st decan	88%
Capricorn — 1st decan	84%
Sagittarius — 2nd decan	84%
Scorpio — 2nd decan	84%
Libra — 3rd decan	84%
Virgo — 3rd decan	84%
Scorpio — 3rd decan	80%
Libra — 1st decan	80%
Sagittarius — 3rd decan	76%
Sagittarius — 1st decan	76%
Scorpio — 1st decan	76%
Libra — 2nd decan	76%
Virgo — 2nd decan	76%
Virgo — 1st decan	64%
Leo — 1st decan	64%
Cancer — 2nd decan	64%
Gemini — 2nd decan	64%
Taurus — 3rd decan	64%
Leo — 2nd decan	60%
Gemini — 3rd decan	60%
Leo — 3rd decan	56%
Cancer — 3rd decan	56%
Cancer — 1st decan	56%
Gemini — 1st decan	56%
Taurus — 2nd decan	56%
Aries — 3rd decan	44%
Aries — 1st decan	44%
Taurus — 1st decan	40%
Aries — 2nd decan	36%

Horoscope Pisces: horoscope for today, horoscope for tomorrow, horoscope for week, horoscope for month, horoscope for year, 双鱼座星座运势, tử vi song ngư, ดูดวง มีน

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