John Pullinger
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John James Pullinger CB |
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| UK National Statistician | |
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Assumed office 2014-07-01 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Minister for the Cabinet Office | Francis Maude (until May 2015), Matthew Hancock (May 2015 - July 2016), Ben Gummer (since July 2016) |
| Chair, UK Statistics Authority | Sir Andrew Dilnot |
| Preceded by | Dame Jil Matheson |
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| Born | 1 June 1959 |
John James Pullinger CB (born 1 June 1959) is the National Statistician for the United Kingdom, serving in this role since 1 July 2014.
Pullinger was a statistician in the Central Statistical Office and later the Office for National Statistics from 1980, finally rising to Director of Social Statistics in 1996. In 2004 he became the Director-General of Information Services and Librarian of the House of Commons. He was the President of the Royal Statistical Society for 2013-14.
In 2014, Pullinger was appointed to replace Dame Jil Matheson as the British National Statistician and the Permanent Secretary-graded Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority. As of 2015, Pullinger was paid a salary of between £150,000 and £154,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.
Pullinger was educated at Alleyn's School, Dulwich, the University of Exeter and Harvard Business School. In the New Year Honours for 2014, Pullinger was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).
In July 2016, Pullinger was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Exeter for outstanding achievements in the field of statistics.
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