John Winston Lennon (born October 9, 1940) was the 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of England, serving from 1999 to 2005. Prior to this, he had served as MP for South Liverpool since 1996, and as Labour Party leader since 1998. Lennon was Field Marshal for the English Republican Army from 1992 to 1995, when he aprubtly retired in protest against the Cleese ministry's overseas actions and belligerent attitude, despite having been appointed his post by Cleese.