John Chilcot
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The Right Honourable Sir John Chilcot GCB |
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| Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 1990–1997 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
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22 April 1939 England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Brighton College |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
Sir John Chilcot, GCB PC (/ˈtʃɪlkɒt/; born 22 April 1939) is a British Privy Counsellor and former civil servant. His appointment as chairman of an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the Iraq War in 2003 was announced in June 2009.
Chilcot was educated at Brighton College and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he read English and languages. A career civil servant until his retirement in 1997, he served as Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office, Deputy Under-Secretary at the Home Office in charge of the Police Department, and a variety of posts in the Home Office, the Civil Service Department and the Cabinet Office, including Private Secretary appointments to Home Secretaries Roy Jenkins, Merlyn Rees, and William Whitelaw, and to the Head of the Civil Service, William Armstrong.
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