Tony Blair has shown off his surprisingly toned physique during a gym session with a senior Indonesian politician.
The former Prime Minister posed for a picture alongside Sultan Bachtiar Najamudin, speaker of Indonesia’s Regional Representative Council.
Blair, 72, appeared to be in high spirits after their workout while wearing a tank top.
Sharing a picture from their session on Instagram, Najamudin described it as a ‘special’ afternoon exercising alongside Blair.
‘This afternoon’s exercise felt special to be able to exercise with Mr. Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of England,’ Najamudin wrote.
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‘From something as simple as exercising together, it turns out there are many interesting things to share.
‘The most important thing is to stay active, stay healthy and keep spirit.’
Blair, who served as Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007, acts as a prominent advisor to the Indonesian government through his Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI).
He has served on the steering committee for the construction of the new capital city, Nusantara (IKN), and was even rumoured to be joining the supervisory board of Indonesia’s state sovereign wealth fund, Danantara.
Najamudin, meanwhile, frequently engages with high-profile foreign delegates visiting Jakarta to help foster regional economic development.
Blair, however, who has remained active in public life since leaving Downing Street, faced criticism earlier this year from Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting for his ‘striking weakness’ in failing to engage with inequality.
Blair published a lengthy critique of Labour’s time in office under Keir Starmer, arguing for the government to crack down on welfare spending and abandon restrictions on oil and gas production.
He also called on the party to smooth relations with Donald Trump.
In response, Burnham said Blair had failed to engage with how inequality was at the heart of Britain’s political issues.
‘He doesn’t mention inequality once,’ Burnham said in May.
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