Jon Shortridge
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Sir Jon Shortridge KCB (born 1947) became Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Office in March 1999 and of the National Assembly on its creation in May 1999. He became Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Assembly Government on its establishment as a separate institution in May 2007, and is set to leave the post in April 2008.
He was educated at Chichester High School and has a degree (MA) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, and in Urban Design and Regional Planning (MSc) from Edinburgh University.
He joined the Welsh Office in 1984. Between 1987 and 1988 he was Private Secretary to two Secretaries of State for Wales, Nicholas Edwards and Peter Walker. From 1988 to 1992 he was Head of the Welsh Office’s Finance Division. He undertook the Senior Management Review of the Welsh Office in 1995, and was appointed Director of Economic Affairs in 1997, with responsibility for establishing the National Assembly for Wales. He has two children.
[edit] References
- Biography on the Welsh Assembly Government Website
- BBC Wales website, 'Wales' top civil servant retires' 8 October 2007
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[edit] Offices held
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Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Assembly Government 1999-2008 National Assembly for Wales 1999-2007 |
Succeeded by Dame Gillian Morgan |
