John Chilcot

Sir John Chilcot
Chilcot in 1980
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office
1990–1997
Personal details
Born
John Anthony Chilcot

(1939-04-22)22 April 1939
Surrey, England
Died3 October 2021(2021-10-03) (aged 82)
Devon, England
Spouse
Rosalind Forster
(m. 1964)
Residence(s)Dartmoor, England
EducationBrighton College
Alma materPembroke College, Cambridge
OccupationCivil servant
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Sir John Anthony Chilcot (/ˈɪlkɒt/; 22 April 1939 – 3 October 2021) was a British civil servant.

In 2009, Chilcot was appointed chairman of the Iraq Inquiry (also referred to as the "Chilcot Inquiry"), an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the Iraq War (2003).