Sir John Sawers | |
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| Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service | |
| In office 1 November 2009 – 1 November 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Sir John Scarlett |
| Succeeded by | Sir Alex Younger |
| Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations | |
| In office 1 August 2007 – 1 November 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Sir Emyr Jones Parry |
| Succeeded by | Sir Mark Lyall Grant |
| Director-General for Political Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office | |
| In office 2003–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Peter Ricketts |
| Succeeded by | Sir Mark Lyall Grant |
| British Ambassador to Egypt | |
| In office 2001–2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Sir Graham Boyce |
| Succeeded by | Sir Derek Plumbly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert John Sawers 26 July 1955 Warwick, England |
| Alma mater | University of Nottingham University of St Andrews University of the Witwatersrand Harvard University |
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Sir Robert John Sawers (born 26 July 1955) is a British intelligence officer, diplomat and civil servant. He was Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6),[1] a position he held from November 2009 until November 2014.[2] He was previously the British Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2007 to November 2009.[3][4]
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