Peter Hill (civil servant)

Peter Hill
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
Assumed office
10 May 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May
Preceded by Simon Case
Foreign Office Director of Strategy
In office
May 2013 – 10 May 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May
Preceded by Alex Ellis
Succeeded by Liane Saunders

Peter Hill is a UK Civil Servant, and a former political advisor and EU politician, currently working in the Prime Minister's Office as the Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.[1]

Hill worked within Peter Mandelson's and his successor Catherine Ashton's cabinet when they were the European Trade Commissioner between 2006 to 2009.[2]

Following the Conservative Party's return to government in 2010, Hill worked in the office for security and counter-terrorism when Theresa May was Home Secretary.[3] In 2013, Hill moved from the Home Office to work in the Foreign Office as the Director of Strategy to two former Foreign Secretaries, William Hague and Philip Hammond and the current Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.[4]

The Prime Minister appointed Peter Hill as her Principal Private Secretary in May 2017 following his predecessor Simon Case's appointment as the Director General for the UK-EU Partnership, who is now involved in coordinating the Article 50 process.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Peter Hill". Gov.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Theresa May appoints ex-EU official as top aide". Politico. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "UK Election Countdown: the echo of a distant tide". Financial Times. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Peter Hill named Theresa May’s new principal private secretary". Civil Service World. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Senior appointments at UK Permanent Representation to the EU". Gov.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
Government offices
Preceded by
Simon Case		 Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
2017 to present 		Incumbent
Preceded by
Alex Ellis		 Foreign Office Director of Strategy
2013–2017 		Succeeded by
Liane Saunders
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.