The Lord Heywood of Whitehall | |
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.jpg) Heywood in 2015 | |
| Cabinet Secretary | |
| In office 1 January 2012 – 24 October 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Sir Gus O'Donnell |
| Succeeded by | Sir Mark Sedwill |
| Head of the Home Civil Service | |
| In office September 2014 – 24 October 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Bob Kerslake |
| Succeeded by | Mark Sedwill |
| Downing Street Permanent Secretary | |
| In office 11 May 2010 – 1 January 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Simon Case (2020) |
| Downing Street Chief of Staff | |
| In office 10 October 2008 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Stephen Carter |
| Succeeded by | Edward Llewellyn |
| Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
| In office 23 January 2008 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Tom Scholar |
| Succeeded by | James Bowler |
| In office 4 June 1999 – 10 July 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Sir John Holmes |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Rogers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jeremy John Heywood 31 December 1961 Glossop, Derbyshire, England |
| Died | 4 November 2018 (aged 56) London, England |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Education | Bootham School |
| Alma mater | |
Jeremy John Heywood, Baron Heywood of Whitehall, GCB, CVO (31 December 1961 – 4 November 2018) was a British civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary to David Cameron and Theresa May from 2012 to 2018 and Head of the Home Civil Service from 2014 to 2018. He served as the Principal Private Secretary to Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown from 1999 to 2003 and 2008 to 2010. He also served as Downing Street Chief of Staff and the first Downing Street Permanent Secretary.[1][2] After he was diagnosed with lung cancer,[3] he took a leave of absence from June 2018, and retired on health grounds on 24 October 2018, receiving a life peerage; he died a fortnight later on 4 November 2018.
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