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responsible for promoting

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and advising the

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. The role is currently held by

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, the well-known entrepreneur and star of

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's ''

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'', who formerly held the position for one year during the

Brown ministry Gordon Brown formed the Brown ministry after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a new government following the resignation of the previous prime minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, on 27 June 2007. Brown formed his governmen ...

(2007–10). During this time, he was ennobled as Lord Sugar. Sugar was also kept on by Conservative Party prime ministers

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in the

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and by

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after the

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References

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