Charles Farr (civil servant)

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Sir Charles Farr
CMG OBE
Chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee
In office
November 2015 – February 2019
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Theresa May
Preceded bySir John Day
Succeeded bySir Simon Gass
Director of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism
In office
July 2007 – November 2015
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
David Cameron
Home SecretaryJacqui Smith
Alan Johnson
Theresa May
Personal details
Born15 July 1959[1]
Bath, Somerset, England
Died15 February 2019(2019-02-15) (aged 59)
EducationMonkton Combe School
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford

Sir Charles Blandford Farr CMG OBE (15 July 1959 – 15 February 2019) was a British civil servant, intelligence officer, and diplomat.[2] 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.[1][3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Sir Charles Farr, head of the Joint Intelligence Committee whose proposals for a 'snooper's charter' were attacked by civil liberties campaigners – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Sir Charles Farr obituary". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Joint Intelligence Committee Chair dies: Charles Farr – Press releases – Government of the United Kingdom". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  4. ^ Leppard, David (22 April 2012). "Chief snooper pops out of the shadows". Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2012.