Margaret Beckett
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Margaret Mary Beckett, Baroness Beckett, is a British politician who was the United Kingdom's first female Foreign Secretary and a member of Parliament for more than 45 years, first from 1974 to 1979
Official portrait, 2020
Beckett appears with US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, following her appointment as Foreign Secretary
Gordon Brown
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James Gordon Brown is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. Previously, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997
Official portrait, c. 2008
Tony Blair (pictured) was a close colleague of Brown. Together, they made a pact (Blair–Brown deal) that Brown would succeed Blair as prime minister.
Brown's official portrait during his chancellorship
Brown chairing his first cabinet meeting