Charles Farr

Charles Farr
Charles Farr ; (spook);
Born	15 July 1959
Died	15 February 2019 (Age 59)
Cause of death	cancer
Alma mater	Oxford University/Magdalen College
Interests	“terrorism”
	Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee
In office
	December 2015 - 15 February 2019
Preceded by	Jon Day
Succeeded by	Simon Gass
	Director General of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism
In office
	July 2007 - December 2015
Succeeded by	Tom Hurd
	Left to take up the post of Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee
	Director of Security and Public Affairs
In office
	? - July 2007
Employer	MI6
Appointed by	John Reid
In office
	1980s
Employer	MI6
Location	Afghanistan

Sir Charles Blandford Farr was a spooky UK civil servant.

Background

Charles Farr was born around 1959. He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he completed a Ph.D in the philosophy of aesthetics.

The UK government reports that "Charles joined the Diplomatic Service in 1985".^[1] He worked for the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in Afghanistan in the 1980s, in southern Africa and the Middle East.^{[citation needed]}

He was MI6's director of security and public affairs in July 2007 when he was given the job of Director of Security and Public Affairs by John Reid to the position. The Financial Times reported in April 2014 that Farr was one of three people shortlisted for the role of Director of GCHQ, a job later given to Robert Hannigan.

Farr was advised by Jahan Mahmood for three years "on deradicalisation issues".^[2]

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Munich Security Conference/2018	12 February 2018	14 February 2018	Munich Bavaria Germany	The 54^th Munich Security Conference

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