James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951 ) is the Labour Party . Prior to this he served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer under history from the University of Edinburgh, and, as Prime Minister, he also holds the positions of First Lord of the Treasury and the Minister for the Civil Service. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1983; firstly for Dunfermline East and since 2005 for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.
Early life and career before parliamentGordon Brown was born in Govan, Glasgow , Scotland , although media have occasionally given his place of birth as Giffnock, Renfrewshire, where his parents were living at the time.
His father, John Ebenezer Brown, was a strong influence on Brown and died aged 84. His mother Elizabeth, known as Bunty, died in 2004 aged 86. Gordon was brought up with his brothers John and Andrew Brown in a manse in Kirkcaldy the largest town in Fife, Scotland across the Firth of Forth from Edinburgh . In common with many other notable Scots, he is therefore often referred to as a "son of the manse". Brown was educated first at Kirkcaldy West Primary School where he was selected for an experimental fast stream education programme, which took him two years early to Kirkcaldy High School for an academic hothouse education taught in separate classes. At age 16 he wrote that he loathed and resented this "ludicrous" experiment on young lives.
Election to parliament and opposition Brown as Chancellor of the Exchequer Acts as Chancellor Analysis of policies as Chancellor Other policy stances as Chancellor Run up to succeeding Blair Brown as Prime Minister Policies Foreign policy "Many of you know my interest in Israel and in the Jewish community has been long-standing. My father was the chairman of the Church of Scotland's Israel Committee. Not only as I've described to some of you before did he make visits on almost two occasions a year for 20 years to Israel but because of that, although Fife, where I grew up, was a long way from Israel with no TV pictures to link us together I had a very clear view from household slides and projectors about the history of Israel, about the trials and tribulations of the Jewish people, about the enormous suffering and loss during the Holocaust , as well as the extraordinary struggle that he described to me of people to create this magnificent homeland." Diplomatic relationship with the U.S. Married life and family "I don't think we'll be the same again, but it has made us think of what's important. It has made us think that you've got to use your time properly. It's made us more determined. Things that we feel are right we have got to achieve, we have got to do that. Jennifer is an inspiration to us." Controversies Polluting car Links with nuclear power industry Inviting Margaret Thatcher to Downing Street The "non-election" Military covenant "Stealing" opposition policies Europe Depictions of Brown in popular culture
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