Mark Sedwill

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Person.png Mark Sedwill   TwitterRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Civil servant, Spook)
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Born21 October 1964
NationalityBritish
Alma materSt Andrews University, Oxford University/St Edmund Hall
Member ofInternational Institute for Strategic Studies/Advisory Council, Trilateral Commission
Spooky diplomat

Employment.png UK/National Security Adviser Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
April 2017 - September 2020
Appointed byTheresa May

Employment.png Cabinet Secretary Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
24 October 2018 - 9 September 2020
Appointed byTheresa May
Preceded byJeremy Heywood

Sir Mark Philip Sedwill KCMG is a British diplomat and senior civil servant who has served as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service since 2018.[1] He has served as National Security Adviser since 2017. He was previously Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010 and as the NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan in 2010.

He was Permanent Secretary at the Home Office from February 2013 to April 2017.

Quotations

“Don’t underestimate how vindictive I can be.”
Mark Sedwill (May 2019)  [2] (Palace of Westminster)
Mark Sedwill's veiled threat allegedly made to Gavin Williamson in a Palace of Westminster corridor following his sacking as UK Defence Secretary

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/20222 June 20225 June 2022Washington DC
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
US
The 68th Bilderberg Meeting, held in Washington DC, after an unprecedented two year hiatus during which a lot of the Bilderberg regulars were busy managing COVID-19

 

Related Document

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Document:Keir Starmer is a Long-Time Servant of the British Security StateArticle2 March 2021Oliver EagletonKeir Starmer is sometimes praised for being an outsider in the world of politics (or mocked as too lawyerly and insufficiently political). But in reality, much of his work as Director of Public Prosecutions blurred the boundaries between prosecutor and politician – following the dictates of the Cameron coalition, negotiating with foreign officials on its behalf, and dropping or pursuing cases according to its interests.
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