British intelligence officer, diplomat and civil servant
Sir
John Sawers
GCMG FRUSI
Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
In office 1 November 2009 – 1 November 2014
Prime Minister
Gordon Brown David Cameron
Preceded by
Sir John Scarlett
Succeeded by
Sir Alex Younger
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
In office 1 August 2007 – 1 November 2009
Prime Minister
Gordon Brown
Preceded by
Sir Emyr Jones Parry
Succeeded by
Sir Mark Lyall Grant
Director-General for Political Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
In office 2003–2007
Preceded by
Sir Peter Ricketts
Succeeded by
Sir Mark Lyall Grant
British Ambassador to Egypt
In office 2001–2003
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Preceded by
Sir Graham Boyce
Succeeded by
Sir Derek Plumbly
Personal details
Born
Robert John Sawers
(1955-07-26) 26 July 1955 (age 68) Warwick, England
Alma mater
University of Nottingham University of St Andrews University of the Witwatersrand Harvard University
Occupation
Intelligence officer
civil servant
diplomat
Sir Robert John SawersGCMG FRUSI (born 26 July 1955) is a British intelligence officer, diplomat and civil servant. He was Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6),[1] a position he held from November 2009 until November 2014.[2] He was previously the British Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2007 to November 2009.[3][4]
^Michael Evans (16 June 2009). "Outsider Sir John Sawers appointed new head of MI6". The Times. London. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
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^"Permanent Representative — Sir John Sawers". United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
^A & C Black (2012). "SAWERS, Sir (Robert) John". Who's Who 2012, online edition. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
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the Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the Prime Minister, first JohnSawers and then Francis Campbell, until 2002. Tatham went back in Prague as...
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