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Senior official in the United Kingdom From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Political Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is a senior official in the United Kingdom Civil Service who advises the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Established by Prime Minister Harold Wilson, but continued by subsequent Prime Ministers, the Political Secretary was originally not a civil servant, but was later incorporated into the Civil Service.
Political Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
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Prime Minister's Office | |
Appointer | Prime minister |
Formation | 1964 |
First holder | Marcia Williams |
Website | 10 Downing Street |
Political secretary | Years | Prime Minister | |
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Marcia Williams[1][2] | 1964–1970 | Harold Wilson | |
Douglas Hurd[3][4] | 1970–1974 | Edward Heath | |
Marcia Williams[5][6] | 1974–1976 | Harold Wilson | |
Tom McNally[7][8][9] | 1976–1979 | James Callaghan | |
Richard Ryder[10][11][12] | 1979–1981 | Margaret Thatcher | |
Derek Howe[13] | 1981–1983 | ||
Stephen Sherbourne[14][15] | 1983–1988 | ||
John Whittingdale[16][17] | 1988–1990 | ||
Judith Chaplin[18] | 1990–1992 | John Major | |
Jonathan Hill[19] | 1992–1994 | ||
Howell James[20][21][22] | 1994–1997 | ||
Sally Morgan[23][24] | 1997–2001 | Tony Blair | |
Robert Hill[25] | 2001–2002 | ||
Pat McFadden[26][27][28] | 2002–2005 | ||
John McTernan[29][30] | 2005–2007 | ||
Joe Irvin[31] | 2007–2010 | Gordon Brown | |
Stephen Gilbert[32][33] | 2010–2015 | David Cameron | |
Laurence Mann[34] | 2015–2016 | ||
Stephen Parkinson[35] | 2016–2019 | Theresa May | |
Danny Kruger[36][37][38] | 2019–2019 | Boris Johnson | |
Benjamin Gascoigne[39][40][41] | 2019–2021 | ||
Declan Lyons[42] | 2021–2022 | ||
Sophie Jarvis[43] | 2022 | Liz Truss | |
James Forsyth[44] | 2022–2024 | Rishi Sunak |
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