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• June 27, 2007: Britain's outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair, 2nd left, accompanied by his wife Cherie, 2nd right and their children, Euan, left, Kathryn, centre, Leo, centre front, and Nicky, right, pose outside his official residence in central London as they leave for the last time. Blair's decade in power ended Wednesday after facing questions in Parliament and having a last lunch at No. 10 Downing St. before Gordon Brown takes command of the government. For Brown, who for 10 years has controlled the national finances as chancellor of the exchequer, it is the culmination of a long and reportedly frustrating quest for the top job.
• June 23, 2007: Pope Benedict XVI meets with Tony Blair, as Britain Prime Minister (r-l), during private audience at the Vatican, Vatican City
• May 31, 2007: Nelson Mandela, former South African president with Tony Blair, British prime minister, (l-r), Johannesburg, South Africa
• May 17, 2007: George W. Bush (r), as US President, shakes hands with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the Oval Office, White House, Washington DC
• May 11, 2007: Tony Blair, as Britain Prime Minister (r), with French President elect Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, France
• May 8, 2007: Sinn Fein deputy leader Martin McGuinness, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party Ian Paisley (l-r), in the First Minister's office at Stormont Parliamentary Building, Belfast, Northern Ireland
• February 13, 2007: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, (l-r) shake hands, Berlin, Germany
• December 17, 2006: Tony Blair, as British Prime Minister, attends a joint press conference with Nouri al-Maliki, as Iraqi Prime Minister (l-r), Baghdad, Iraq
• June 27, 2007: Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, second left, leaves Downing Street in London for the last time as Prime Minister, with family, from left, son Euan, daughter Kathryn, son Leo, wife Cherie and son Nicky.
• June 27, 2007: Cherie Blair kisses her son Leo's hand, before leaving no 10 Downing Street, London. Tony Blair resigned as British leader Wednesday after a decade in power, heading for a new role in the Middle East as taciturn Treasury chief Gordon Brown prepared to succeed him.
• June 27, 2007: Anti-war protestors, one wearing a Tony Blair mask, gather outside Downing Street in central London to demonstrate against the war in Iraq shortly before Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to leave Downing Street for Prime Minister's Questions for the final time. Removal men packed furniture and boxes into a van outside Prime Minister Tony Blair's Downing Street home Wednesday as he prepared to leave office and hand power to Treasury chief Gordon Brown.
• June 27, 2007: British Prime Minister Tony Blair waves after he arrives back at 10 Downing Street after Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament, London. Tony Blair's decade in power ends Wednesday after facing questions in Parliament and having a last lunch at No. 10 Downing St. before Gordon Brown takes command of government.
• June 27: Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, centre smiles during his final Prime Minister's Questions, as his successor Gordon Brown, right, and outgoing Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott look on in the House of Commons, central London in this image taken from TV. Tony Blair's decade in power ends Wednesday after facing questions in Parliament and having a last lunch at No. 10 Downing St. before Gordon Brown takes command of government. For Brown, who for 10 years has controlled the national finances as chancellor of the exchequer, it is the culmination of a long and reportedly frustrating quest for the top job.
• June 27, 2007: Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, top, right, looks back towards his Chancellor, Gordon Brown, left, during his final Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. Following his final appearance in the Commons on Wednesday Blair stepped down as British prime minister ending a decade in office. Following Blair's resignation Britain's Queen Elizabeth II asked Gordon Brown to form a new Government with him as Prime Minister.
• May 2, 1997: Britain's new Prime Minister Tony Blair, is hugged by his wife Cherie outside No. 10 Downing Street, London, in this file photo. Blair's Labour Party heavily defeated the Conservatives in Britain's General Election to end 18-years of Conservative rule. Blair will be Britain's youngest prime minister this century. Blair stood down as prime minister on Wednesday June 27, 2007, after more than 10 years in power.
• January 18, 2007: Tony Blair, as British Prime Minister with Condoleezza Rice, as US Secretary of State, 10 Downing Street, London, England
• September 28, 2006: British Prime Minister Tony Blair, (r), shakes hands with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf at Chequers, England