Gordon Brown

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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007, a period during which he oversaw significant reforms to the Bank of England and the British fiscal architecture. A doctoral graduate in history from the University of Edinburgh, Brown spent his early career as a lecturer and journalist before being elected to the House of Commons in 1983. Since leaving the Commons in 2015, he has remained active in public life, serving as a United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and an ambassador for the World Health Organization. In 2026, he was appointed as a Special Envoy on Global Finance and Cooperation.