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'''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 [[Permanent Under Secretary]] of the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]], a senior [[British Civil Service|civil servant]] in the [[United Kingdom]].
Before Ricketts took over the position on the retirement of [[Michael Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme|Sir Michael Jay]] 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>
He began his career in the Office in 1974 and served as the Assistant Private Secretary to former Foreign Secretary Sir [[Geoffrey Howe]]. Apart from Brussels, he has been posted to Singapore, Washington D.C. and Paris.
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