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The Blair family spanned a full decade in 10 Downing Street but after leaving Tony Blair began his real quest for wealth.
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On the same day he resigned as Prime Minister, Blair announced that he had accepted the position as Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East. He is pictured here before a meeting with the Quartet’s representatives (from left: Hillary Clinton, Ban Ki-moon, Sergei Lavrov and Catherine Ashton) in 2010.
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President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine occasionally meets with Blair, but Palestinian negotiators have labelled Blair’s work with the Quartet as ‘useless, useless, useless.’
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Blair met with President Peres of Israel in July 2014 as efforts were being made to secure a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel to end the military campaign in Gaza. Blair described himself as ‘a fully paid up member of the Peres fan club.’
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Visiting the Kerem Shalom crossing in June 2010 after the Gaza flotilla raid, Blair said he expected Israel to ease the blockade of Gaza over the next few weeks. However, in 2011 a UN humanitarian report found that the easements did not result in a significant improvement in people’s livelihoods.
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Less than a month before he stepped down as Prime Minister, Blair was all smiles as he visited Libya to meet with his long-time ally Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. It would not be their final meeting.
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Now embroiled in a ferocious civil war, during which Blair has advocated bombing campaigns against both sides at different times, Bashir al-Assad and his wife Asma were welcomed to 10 Downing Street in 2002.
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Myanmar’s President Thein Sein, who has been criticised for his country’s very poor human-rights record, is among the dictators who get advice from Tony Blair.
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Although extremely difficult to ascertain an exact figure, it is believed one of Blair’s most lucrative contracts is with President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan – another head of state whose human-rights record leaves something to be desired.
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Since his departure from 10 Downing Street, Blair has spent a great deal of time with oil-rich Middle Eastern leaders, whether it be at global economic conferences (above) or at yacht races (below).
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Henry Kissinger – whose Kissinger Associates is not unlike Tony Blair Associates – and James Dimon – CEO of JP Morgan Chase, for whom Blair works as a consultant – with Blair at the end of a press conference to open the World Economic Forum at Davos in 2008.
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Below: Blair has taken a strong interest in the affairs of Africa, and especially Guinea (whose President Condé is pictured here).
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Blair returned to 10 Downing Street for a lunch in July 2012.
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Meeting troops in Basra in January 2004
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The ‘special relationship’.
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Blair has been called a number of times to appear before the Chilcot inquiry.
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The Iraq War ignites passionate protests among critics.
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President Sarkozy was a strong ally of Blair’s while in power, and a staunch supporter of his bid for the European presidency – until it became clear that Angela Markel wouldn’t give him her backing.
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Despite his failed bid for the European presidency, Blair remains a regular visitor to Brussels as seen here with current president Juncker.
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Blair’s religion has always played a role in his public affairs, especially since his conversion to Catholicism.
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Progress, which has been described as a party-within-a-party, is Blair’s pressure group within the Labour Party, and the keeper of the Blairite flame.
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Lord Mandelson was extremely close to Blair throughout his political career. Although they have gone in different, but parallel, directions since 2007 they appeared friendly when Mandelson presented Blair with the Fenner Brockway medal for services to UK/India relations in 2009.
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Still a firm defender of Blair and his legacy, Charles Clarke was being groomed by Blair as his successor in his final days as Prime Minister.
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Two days before the Olympics Opening Ceremony, Blair speaks at the Beyond Sport Summit in the City of London which, apparently, ‘brought together over 750 individuals to take action, discuss, partner, and be inspired around how sport can and should be doing more to trigger social change.’
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The Blairs’ appetite for property seems insatiable. Some of the dwellings are fit for the gentry, while others are for investment purposes. Blair has connected his house in Connaught Square (above) with the mews house behind it (centre) and has recreated Chequers in Wotton House (below) in Buckinghamshire.
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The Blair family have not often been seen all together in recent years, but they gathered in September 2013 for the wedding of Euan to Suzanne Ashman.
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Save the Children presented Tony Blair with a ‘Global Legacy’ award in late 2014 which prompted a storm of criticism – both from with and without the organisation.
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