His role in government continued to shape his views on the importance of education as a fundamental right of every child in the world and the key to unlocking better health, greater social stability, more rights and opportunities for women and a higher standard of living. His time as Chancellor was also marked by major reform of Britain’s monetary and fiscal policy as well as the sustained investment in health, education and overseas aid. His record on global justice includes his negotiation of debt cancellation for the world’s poorest nations and the tripling of the budget for life-saving aid. Prior to his term as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007, making him the longest-serving Chancellor in modern history. Mr Brown was one of the first leaders during the global crisis to initiate calls for global financial action, while introducing a range of rescue measures in the UK. He is widely credited with preventing a second Great Depression through his stewardship of the 2009 London G20 summit.
He has been awarded several honorary doctorates, most recently Doctor of the University from The Open University, and he is the author of several books. Gordon Brown is a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2007-2010), and is currently the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education.īorn in Giffnock, UK on 20 February 1951, holds a PhD in History from the University of Edinburgh.
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