| Edward Llewellyn | |
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| Downing Street Chief of Staff | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Jeremy Heywood |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Edward Llewellyn is a Conservative Party (UK) advisor to its Leader, David Cameron. He was at Eton College at the same time as the Conservative Leader, though not in the same year. Llewellyn left Eton in 1983 and shortly afterwards worked at Conservative Central Office, before going to Oxford where he was active in student politics. After leaving Oxford he worked as an aide to former Governor Chris Patten in Hong Kong and then to Paddy Ashdown in his Bosnian work. Llewellyn is currently the Downing Street Chief of Staff.[1][2][3]
In July 2011, several newspapers reported that Llewellyn asked Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates not to speak to Cameron about the News International phone hacking scandal.[4] Emails released by Cameron's office showed Llewellyn's reply: "On the other matters that have caught your attention this week, assuming we are thinking of the same thing, I am sure you will understand that we will want to be able to be entirely clear, for your sake and ours, that we have not been in contact with you about this subject." [5]
The Daily Telegraph's Julian Astle (who once worked with Llewellyn in Bosnia), argued that he had acted correctly, writing that it "was the only response he could (and should) have given to what was a highly inappropriate suggestion."[6]
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