How long did Gordon Brown serve as chancellor of the Exchequer?

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Gordon Brown served as chancellor of the Exchequer for 10 years, from 1997 to 2007. At the time he became prime minister, he held the distinction of being the longest continuously serving chancellor of the Exchequer since the 1820s.1