He was prime minister between 1995 and 2002.
Massimo D'Alema, who was twice prime minister between 1998 and 2000, somewhat bitterly underscored the point.
Juncker was Luxembourg's finance minister and prime minister between 1995 and 2009.
When defence minister between 2006 and 2009 he improved co-operation among Colombia's feuding security forces.
Omar's father, Farooq Abdullah, served three times as the state's chief minister between 1982 and 2002.
Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale, Labour's longest serving Scottish first minister between 2001-2007, praised Carney's speech.
He was earlier charged with corruption and abuse of power during his tenure as prime minister between 2001 and 2006.
But it was as police minister between 2003-06 that Blears impressed Blair as a candidate for cabinet.
The other former Blair ally who has popped up is John Hutton, a cabinet minister between 2005 and 2009.
Hutton, a health minister between 1998 and 2005, said: "I do agree with Alan on all of this.
Andrew Bonar Law, who was born in New Brunswick in 1858, served as UK prime minister between 1922-23.
