The Intelligence Co-ordinator, later Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator was a senior post in the

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of the

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that oversaw the

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and their relationship to the

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Post holders

*1968–1972: Sir Dick White *1972–1973: Sir Peter Wilkinson *1973–1978: Sir Leonard Hooper *1978–1980: Sir Brooks Richards *1980–1985: Sir Antony Duff *1985–1989: Sir Colin Figures *1989–1991: Sir Christopher Curwen *1991–1996: Sir Gerald Warner *1996–1999: John Alpass *1999–2000:

Michael Pakenham Sir Michael Aidan Pakenham (born 3 November 1943) is a British retired diplomat. Background and education Pakenham is the third son of Labour politician Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, and Elizabeth Harman. He is the brother of Thomas ...

*2000–2001:

Peter Ricketts Peter Forbes Ricketts, Baron Ricketts, (born 30 September 1952) is a retired British senior diplomat and a life peer. He has sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords since 2016. Ricketts served as chair of the Joint Intelligence Committe ...

*2001–2002:

John Scarlett Sir John McLeod Scarlett (born 18 August 1948) is a British senior intelligence officer. He was Chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 2004 to 2009. Prior to this appointment, he had chaired the Joint Intelligence Commit ...

Sir David Omand was appointed to the post in 2002, following the

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, as a subsidiary role to that of Cabinet Secretary, and served until his retirement in 2005. It was briefly held by

Bill Jeffrey Sir William Alexander Jeffrey, KCB (born 28 February 1948) is a former senior British civil servant, who retired in the autumn of 2010. Jeffrey was educated at Allan Glen's School, Glasgow, and the Glasgow University. He joined the Home Offic ...

in 2005 until his appointment as Permanent Secretary at the

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, when it was granted to Sir Richard Mottram combined with the role of Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee to form Permanent Secretary for Intelligence, Security and Resilience.

References

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