Charles Farr (civil servant)
Sir Charles Farr | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee | |
| In office November 2015 – February 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Sir John Day |
| Succeeded by | Sir Simon Gass |
| Director of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism | |
| In office July 2007 – November 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown David Cameron |
| Home Secretary | Jacqui Smith Alan Johnson Theresa May |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 July 1959 Bath, Somerset, England |
| Died | 15 February 2019 (aged 59) |
| Education | Monkton Combe School |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Sir Charles Blandford Farr CMG OBE (15 July 1959 – 15 February 2019) was a British civil servant, intelligence officer, and diplomat. He was Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of the Joint Intelligence Organisation at the Cabinet Office until his death in February 2019. Before that, from 2007 until 2015 Farr was the Director of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism (OSCT) at the United Kingdom's Home Office.