Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
Line 1:
'''Sir Peter Ricketts''', [[Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]] (born September 1952),<ref> Foreign Policy in an Era of Globalisation. Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations. Thursday 15 2009.</ref> is the [[National Security Council (United Kingdom)|National Security Advisor]] to the [[Government of the United Kingdom|British Government]] and a member of the [[National Security Council (United Kingdom)|National Security Council]] of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/latest-news/2010/05/establishment-of-a-national-security-council-49953|title=Establishment of a National Security Council|date=12 May 2010|work=[[Number 10]]|publisher=[number 10.gov.uk]|accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref>
Prior to this, Ricketts was [[Permanent Under-Secretary of State|Permanent Under-Secretary]] at the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]. Before he took over that position in July 2006, he served as the [[Permanent Representatives from the United Kingdom to NATO|Permanent Representative to NATO]] in [[Brussels]]. He was also previously the Chairman of the [[Joint Intelligence Committee (United Kingdom)|Joint Intelligence Committee]], leading him to [[List_of_witnesses_of_The_Iraq_Inquiry#November_24|give evidence to]] [[The Iraq Inquiry]] in November 2009.<ref name="BBC I">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8375439.stm|title=Iraq inquiry told of 'clear' threat from Saddam Hussein|date=24 November 2009|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=27 January 2010}}</ref>
| |||