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Bronwyn Hill

Bronwyn Hill CBE (born 1960) is a British civil servant, who currently serves as the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Christopher Kelly

He was the Permanent Secretary to the Department of Health from 1997 to 2000, while Frank Dobson and later Alan Milburn were the Secretary of State.

Nihal Jayawickrama

He was the former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice (1970–1977), Professor of Law at University of Hong Kong (1984-1997), Ariel F Sallows Professor of Human Rights at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada (1992-1993), and Executive Director of Transparency International (1997-2000).

Politics of Scotland

The secretariat of the Executive is part of the UK Civil Service and the head of the Executive, the Permanent Secretary (presently Sir Peter Housden), is the equivalent of the Permanent Secretary of a Whitehall department.

The Ministerial Broadcast

Later on, Sir Humphrey meets with the Permanent Secretary from the Department of Employment to make certain that his minister is briefed correctly.


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Agency for Science, Technology and Research

He was formerly the Permanent Secretary (Education) and the Chief of Defence Force.

Board of War

Mifflin persuaded Congress to expand the board to five members, which it did on November 24, and recommended Richard Peters (the permanent secretary of the old board) and Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates for the new vacancies.

Bukar Shuaib

He was born in Bornu, and studied Veterinary medicine at the collegiate level, becoming the first Nigerian Veterinary Dr. He was a former federal and regional permanent secretary during the Gowon, then Murtala and Obasanjo regimes.

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

The first Permanent Secretary, Ian Watmore, moved to a new appointment, leading to the appointment of Sir Jon Shortridge.

Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile

1992, he was appointed Permanent Secretary to the now combined Ministry of Finance Planning & Economic Development, a merger that he had advocated for, working under then the Minister of Finance, Gerald Ssendaula.

Eric Stenbock

He died during a drunken argument with his stepfather, Sir Francis Mowatt, then Permanent Secretary of the Treasury.

George Charamba

Since the departure of Jonathan Moyo from the information ministry and his re-appointment in 2013 and the minister of information, Charamba has become the defacto government spokesperson and permanent secretary on the ministry, usurping the powers of Sikhanyiso Ndlovu.

Irène Deliège

In 1991 she was elected first Permanent Secretary of the newly founded European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM).

Kiraitu Murungi

On 8 February 2006, the BBC World Service aired a conversation between Murungi and former Governance and Ethics Permanent Secretary John Githongo where he appears to be coercing Githongo to drop his investigations on the Anglo Leasing Scandal.

Liechtenstein disclosure facility

In an interview with Accountancy Age, the UK’s permanent secretary for tax, Dave Hartnett, estimated 1,200 people had now used the LDF and that returns from declarations might reach £3 billion rather than the £1 billion originally predicted.

Lim Chuan Poh

After retiring from the military in 2003, Lim served in the Ministry of Education as a Permanent Secretary until 2007 before assuming the position of Chairman of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

Ministry of Justice and Public Security

A few hours later news came that also deputy permanent secretary Hans Olav Østgaard would be leaving before summer.

Mohammed Shata

The first National Secretary of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), former Governor of Enugu State, Okwesilieze Nwodo and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were also granted bail.

Munyua Waiyaki

He entered into parliament for the first time in May 1963 as a member of parliament for North Eastern Nairobi (now Kasarani) and he also became the permanent secretary for the ministry of health and housing.

Peter Amos Siwo

He was Permanent Secretary in the then Ministry of Power, Transport Works and Communications for about five years when UDI was declared.

Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale

Together with the Permanent Secretary Sir Frank Newsam, Allen had unsuccessfully urged a reprieve for Derek Bentley, hanged aged 19 in 1953 for the murder of a policeman.

Restore and Build Kenya

Restore and Build Kenya (RBK) is a Kenyan political party launched in April of 2012 by former Permanent Secretary Professor James ole Kiyiapi as part of his campaign to become the fourth President of Kenya.

Singapore–United Kingdom relations

In 2011, 6 dignitaries from the United Kingdom visited Singapore including Peter Ricketts, the National Security Advisor in January, Martin Donnelly, BIS Permanent Secretary in February, John Aston, FCO Special Representative for Climate Change in March, Jeremy Browne, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in April, Liam Fox, Secretary of State for Defence in June and HRH The Duke of York in September.

The two Singaporean dignitaries who visited the United Kingdom in 2011 are Ow Foong Pheng, Permanent Secretary Singapore Ministry of Trade & Industry in September and HE Tony Tan, President of Singapore in December.

Sri Lanka Armoured Corps

General S. Cyril Ranatunge, VSV, SLAC - former GOC, Joint Operations Command and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence

Brigadier Dennis Hapugalle, VSV, psc, SLAC - former Chief of Civil Defence and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Internal Security.

Staffan Normark

and took up the position as the Academy's permanent secretary on July 1, 2010, when he succeeded Gunnar Öquist.

Tay Seow Huah

He was Acting Permanent Secretary of Home Affairs around 1971 and was involved in the Laju incident.

Turnour Prize

Notable winners of the Turnour Prize include Deshamanya C.A. Coorey, former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury, Sir Thomas De Sampayo, former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and Professor Osmund Jayaratne former President of the Colombo Campus, University of Sri Lanka.

United Kingdom Singapore Students' Council

The founding of the Overseas Singaporean Unit coincided with several high-profile visits to the London by top Government officials and civil servants, including Chiang Chie Foo, the Permanent Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office, and Wong Kan Seng, the Deputy Prime Minister, who hosted a dinner reception for more than 300 Singaporeans at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in Knightsbridge.

William Howard Taft IV

Although he was only acting Secretary of Defense, and never confirmed as the permanent Secretary, he became the third member of his family to hold a position as civilian head of a military department, following his great-great-grandfather Alphonso Taft (under President Ulysses S. Grant) and his great-grandfather William Howard Taft (under President Theodore Roosevelt).