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Sir John Chilcot Hon FBA

Fellow type
Honorary Fellow
Year elected
2019
Year of birth
1939
Year of death
2021

Summary

Six years at Cambridge led to a career in Whitehall, heading the Northern Ireland Office and leading to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. After Whitehall, with an abiding involvement in contemporary British political history, Sir Chilcot led a series of independent government-commissioned inquiries, notably the Iraq War Inquiry, published in 12 volumes in 2016.

Last post

Former Permanent Secretary, Chair of inquiry into Iraq war

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