Kevin Tebbit

Sir Kevin Reginald Tebbit, KCB CMG (born 1946)[1] is a former British civil servant.

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Career

He was educated at the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys and St John's College, Cambridge.[1] From January to July 1998, Tebbit was director of GCHQ.[2][3] Following this he became the Permanent Under Secretary of State for the Ministry of Defence before retiring in November 2005 to take up posts in industry and academia.[4]

Affiliations

He is a governor of the conference-organising Ditchley Foundation, based at Chipping Norton.[5] He is also Visiting Professor in history at Queen Mary, University of London.[6] He is chairman of the defence company Finmeccanica UK.[6]

Iraq Inquiry

Tebbit gave evidence to The Iraq Inquiry on both December 3, 2009[7] and February 3, 2010[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "TEBBIT, Sir Kevin Reginald (1946 - )", Debrett's People of Today, 2004
  2. ^ Guardian, "Profile: Sir Kevin Tebbit", August 20, 2003.
  3. ^ House of Commons - Public Accounts - Minutes of Evidence
  4. ^ Smith's Group
  5. ^ "The Ditchley Foundation: The Governors". http://www.ditchley.co.uk/page/64/the-governors.htm. 
  6. ^ a b Queen Mary University of London
  7. ^ "The US 'assumed' UK participation in Iraq, inquiry told". BBC News (BBC). 3 December 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8392344.stm. Retrieved 28 January 2010. 
  8. ^ "Gordon Brown denies 'guillotining' UK defence budget". BBC News (BBC). 3 February 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8378559.stm. Retrieved 10 February 2010. 
Government offices
Preceded by
Sir Richard Mottram		 Permanent Under Secretary of the Ministry of Defence
1998 - 2005		 Succeeded by
Sir William (Bill) Jeffrey
Preceded by
Sir David Omand		 Director of GCHQ
January - July 1998		 Succeeded by
Sir Francis Richards