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Gordon Brown is set to confirm that he will step down as an MP, bringing to an end his long parliamentary career and time at the top of the Labour party.
The former prime minister and chancellor will announce his resignation on Monday night in his Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency, as sources say he "wants to go out on a high".
In recognition, HuffPostUK presents Gordon's eleven finest moments.
Gordon Brown's funniest moments
Gordon Brown retirement(01 of40)
File photo dated 24/11/94 of Tony Blair (right) and Gordon Brown, as Brown has announced he is standing down as an MP at the next election in May. (credit:David Giles/PA Wire)
Brown visits Dorset(02 of40)
Great Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown during a visit to the Weymouth and Portland National sailing academy in Portland, Dorset. (credit:Gareth Fuller/PA Archive)
European Leaders Attend The Good Governance Conference(03 of40)
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 19: Business Secretary Lord Mandelson (L) shares a joke with Prime Minister Gordon Brown as they walk to The Good Governance Conference on February 19, 2010 in London, England. Prime Ministers are attending the one day conference in Westminster near to Parliament. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
Gordon Brown Heads Up North To Begin Local Election Campaign(04 of40)
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 14: Prime Minister Gordon Brown shares a joke with builders as he arrives at St Pancras Railway Station on May 14, 2009 in London. Mr Brown is heading to the Midlands to launch the Labour party's local election campaign. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
Sarkozy State Visit To Uk(05 of40)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy And Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, With Prime Minister Gordon Brown And Wife Sarah As They Arrive At 10 Downing Street In London. (Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images) (credit:Mark Cuthbert via Getty Images)
Labour Cowdenbeath by-election campaign(06 of40)
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as Scottish Labour formally launches its Cowdenbeath by-election campaign at the Ore Valley Business Centre in Lochgelly. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Archive)
United with Labour campaign(07 of40)
Labour MP Gordon Brown listens to speeched with Scottish Labour Party leader Johann Lamont (right) at a United With Labour event at The Pearce Institute in Glasgow, Scotland. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday September 2, 2013. The former Prime Minister was among speakers in a Labour-run campaign for a vote against Scottish independence in which set out a "positive" case for the union. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday September 2, 2013. See PA story SCOTLAND Labour. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire (credit:Danny Lawson/PA Archive)
Labour Cowdenbeath by-election campaign(08 of40)
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown with candidate Alex Rowley (left) as Scottish Labour formally launches its Cowdenbeath by-election campaign at the Ore Valley Business Centre in Lochgelly. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Archive)
Halbeath regeneration(09 of40)
Gordon Brown MP blows a horn to officially start the decommissioning of a former semiconductor plant at Halbeath in Dunfermline, ahead of the regeneration of the area. (credit:Danny Lawson/PA Archive)
Halbeath regeneration(10 of40)
Gordon Brown MP stumbles during an event to officially start the decommissioning of a former semiconductor plant at Halbeath in Dunfermline with Shepherd Offshore owner Freddy Shepherd (left), ahead of the regeneration of the area. (credit:Danny Lawson/PA Archive)
2010 General Election declarations(11 of40)
Derek Jackson from the Landless Peasant's party gestures in front of Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Adam Smith College in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, after Mr Brown held his constituency seat. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Archive)
2010 General Election campaign May 3rd(12 of40)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown shares a plate of chips with businessman Duncan Bannatyne (right) in a fish and chip shop in Great Yarmouth. (credit:Lewis Whyld/PA Archive)
Gordon Brown Takes The Labour Campaign To Oldham(13 of40)
ROCHDALE, ENGLAND - APRIL 28: Prime Minister Gordon Brown talks with resident Gillian Duffy on April 28, 2010 in Rochdale, England. The General Election, to be held on May 6, 2010 is set to be one of the most closely fought political contests in recent times with all main party leaders embarking on a four week campaign to win the votes of the United Kingdom.. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) (credit:Jeff J Mitchell via Getty Images)
2010 General Election campaign Apr 29th(14 of40)
Conservative Party leader David Cameron (left), Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg (centre) and Prime Minister Gordon Brown, during the final live leaders' election debate, hosted by the BBC in the Great Hall of Birmingham University. (credit:Jeff Overs / BBC/PA Archive)
2010 General Election campaign April 27th(15 of40)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits Raploch Community Centre in Glasgow. (credit:Lewis Whyld/PA Archive)
2010 General Election campaign April 27th(16 of40)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman arrive at the Raploch Community Campus in Stirling, Scotland. (credit:Jeff J Mitchell/PA Archive)
2010 General Election campaign April 27th(17 of40)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah Brown chat with children at the Raploch Nursery in Stirling, Scotland. (credit:121546+0000 Suzanne Plunkett/PA Archive)
2010 General Election campaign Apr 10th(18 of40)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah talk to people in a coffee shop during a visit to Kirkcaldy High Street, Scotland today on the second day of their election tour. (credit:105844+0000 Andrew Winning/PA Archive)
2010 General Election campaign Apr 10th(19 of40)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah meet shoppers on Kirkcaldy High Street, Scotland today on the second day of their election tour. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Archive)
Government social care reform plans(20 of40)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Health Secretary Andy Burnham (left) when they visited Sylvia Thomas, 81, in her social housing flat at Lingham Court in Stockwell, south London to highlight the government's social care announcement. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Archive)
'Count Me In : Together We Can Stop Knife Crime' campaign(21 of40)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets pupils at Lilian Bayliss Technology School in south London where he helped launch the campaign 'Count Me In : Together We Can Stop Knife Crime ' to stamp out youth knife crime. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Archive)
Sarkozy visits the UK(22 of40)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown greets French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Downing Street in London, as part of the French President's visit to the UK. (credit:Anthony Devlin/PA Archive)
School leadership changes(23 of40)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown listens to a question following his speech on education at the Woodberry Down Community Primary School in north London. (credit:Lefteris Pitarakis/PA Archive)
School leadership changes(24 of40)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Ed Balls at the Woodberry Down Community Primary School in north London. (credit:Chris Harris/PA Archive)
Downing Street bullying row(25 of40)
Business secretary Lord Mandelson and Prime Minister Gordon Brown attend the Saatchi Gallery, London, during the Global Investment Conference. (credit:Dan Kitwood/PA Archive)
Community cohesion reception at 10 Downing Street(26 of40)
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets Levi Roots at a reception at 10 Downing Street in London today to celebrate community cohesion. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Archive)
Home Access Scheme(27 of40)
The Clarke family; (left to right)Talani, 9, Tyneish, 10 and Reisha, 19, are joined by (left to right) Children's Secretary Ed Balls and Prime Minister Gordon Brown during a photo call to introduce the Government's new Home Access scheme at Downing Street, central London. (credit:Paul Grover/Daily Telegraph/PA Archive)
Prime Minister and Ed Balls meet school children(28 of40)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets school children from St Monica's Primary School in Hackney, east London, who receive one-to-one tuition in maths and English, in the offices of the Department of Children, Schools and Families, London. (credit:Oli Scarff/PA Archive)
Spirit of London Awards(29 of40)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown, watched by his wife Sarah, addresses a Downing Street reception for nominees for the Spirit of London Awards. (credit:Ian Nicholson/PA Archive)
Gordon Brown visits Yorkshire(30 of40)
RETRANSMIITED ADDING NAME AND CORRECTING SEX OF PERSON ON RIGHT The Prime Minister Gordon Brown signs the sweater of Jamie Pellache, 17, of South Elmsall, as he meets shoppers during a walkabout in Wakefield City centre today following his visit to the Town Hall where he was told about Crime initiatives in Wakefield. (credit:John Giles/PA Archive)
1Goal Campaign(31 of40)
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, smiles at Queen Rania of Jordan, during the launch of the 1Goal campaign in London. (credit:Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA Archive)
Europes Battered Left(32 of40)
FILE - In this file photo taken Sunday Sept. 27, 2009 Britain's Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Labour Party Gordon Brown is seen during the annual Labour party conference in the southern coastal town of Brighton, England. Just when you might think capitalism's global crisis would breathe new life into the left, it's looking increasingly divided and tired. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's re-election a week ago is highlighting a conservative surge in her country and Europe's other powerhouse economies, Britain, France and Italy, where the center-right is either firmly in power or about to get there. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File) (credit:LEFTERIS PITARAKIS/AP)
Gordon Brown Opens Global Radio Headquarters - London(33 of40)
ALTERNATE CROP Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets Capital FM presenter Lisa Snowdon during his visit to open the Headquarters of Global Radio in Leicester Square, central London. (credit:Yui Mok/PA Archive)
Labour Party's annual conference(34 of40)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown with Foreign Secretary David Miliband at the Labour Party conference at Manchester Central, in Manchester. (credit:Anthony Devlin/PA Archive)
Brown visits US(35 of40)
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown waits to address the United Nations Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York today. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Archive)
Beijing Olympics Torch Relay - London(36 of40)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown, as the Olympic torch passes Downing Street during part of its journey across London on its way to the lighting of the Olympic cauldron at the O2 Arena in Greenwich. (credit:Fiona Hanson/PA Archive)
Brown's pledge to boost sport(37 of40)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown plays tennis, watched by Schools Secretary Ed Balls, during a visit to the West London Academy, London. (credit:Cathal McNaughton/PA Archive)
Labour Party conference - Manchester(38 of40)
Chancellor Gordon Brown makes his speech to the Labour Party conference in Manchester. (credit:Andrew Parsons/PA Archive)
Labour Party conference(39 of40)
Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown after giving his speech on Meeting Millennium Development Goals at the Comedy Store in Manchester. (credit:John Giles/PA Archive)
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in Notingham(40 of40)
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown during a visit to the GMB trade union offices in Nottingham. (credit:Rui Vieira/PA Archive)