Michael Buckley (civil servant)

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Sir Michael Buckley
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration Health Service Commissioner for England Health Service Commissioner for Wales
In office 1 January 1997 – 3 November 2002
Preceded by	Sir William Reid
Succeeded by	Ann Abraham
Health Service Commissioner for Scotland
In office 1 January 1997 – 23 October 2002
Preceded by	Sir William Reid
Succeeded by	Post abolished
Personal details
Born	(1939-06-20) 20 June 1939 (age 85) Beckenham, Kent
Nationality	English
Spouses	Shirley Stordy ​ ​ (m. 1972; died 1991)​ Judith Cartmell ​ (m. 1992)​
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Sir Michael Sydney Buckley (born 20 June 1939)^[1] is an English retired civil servant who was Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioner for England, Scotland and Wales (Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman) between 1997 and 2002.

Buckley was born in 1939 and educated at Eltham College and Christ Church, Oxford where he studied Mods and Greats. In 1962, Buckley joined the Treasury as an Assistant Principal. He was the Assistant Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, James Callaghan between 1965 and 1966.

He was then a Principal at the Treasury until 1968, when he moved to the Civil Service Department, where he stayed until 1971. Buckley moved back to the Treasury as Principal and then as Assistant Secretary between 1974 and 1977. He was at the Department of Industry between 1977 and 1980 and then moved back to the Treasury yet again as an Assistant Secretary.

In 1982 Buckley became the Under Secretary of the Cabinet Office before becoming the head of the electricity and coal divisions at the Department of Energy in 1985. In 1989 Buckley became the principal establishment and finance officer at the department, where he served until 1991. Buckley was Chairman of Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust between 1995 and 1996.