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Sarah Elizabeth Healey
Dame Sarah Elizabeth Healey (née Fitzpatrick; born 1975) is a British Civil Service (United Kingdom), civil servant, appointed as Permanent Secretary (United Kingdom), Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in February 2023. Previously, she was Permanent Secretary at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Life and career Healey read Modern History and English at Magdalen College, Oxford graduating Bachelor of Arts, BA, before pursuing further studies in Social Policy at the London School of Economics (MSc). She was captain of the Magdalen team that won the University Challenge 1997–98, 1997–98 series of BBC TV’s University Challenge. Having entered Civil Service (United Kingdom), HM Civil Service into the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit in the Cabinet Office in 2001, she served in the Department for Education as the director for Strategy and Performance for a year from 2009, and then as director for Educatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dame
''Dame'' is a traditionally British honorific title given to women who have been admitted to certain orders of chivalry. It is the female equivalent of ''Sir'', the title used by knights. Baronet, Baronetesses Suo jure, in their own right also use the title ''Dame''. A woman appointed to the grades of Dame Commander or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg), Order of Saint John, the Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Catholic), Order of the Holy Sepulchre, the Order of the Bath, the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Royal Victorian Order, or the Order of the British Empire becomes a dame. A Central European order in which female members receive the rank of Dame is the Order of St. George (Habsburg-Lorraine), Order of Saint George. Since there is no female equivalent to a Knight Bachelor, women are always appointed to an Order (distinction), order of chivalry. Women who are appointed to the Order of the Garter or the Order of the Thistle are gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
