Simon Case | |
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Assumed office 9 September 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Sir Mark Sedwill |
Downing Street Permanent Secretary | |
In office 22 May 2020 – 1 September 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Sir Jeremy Heywood (2012) |
Succeeded by | Samantha Jones (Acting; 2022) |
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
In office 11 January 2016 – 10 May 2017 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
Preceded by | Chris Martin |
Succeeded by | Peter Hill |
Personal details | |
Born | Bristol, England, UK | 27 December 1978
Spouse |
Elizabeth Kistruck (m. 2007) |
Children | 3 |
Education | Trinity College, Cambridge (BA) Queen Mary, University of London (PhD) |
Simon Case CVO (born 27 December 1978) is a British civil servant who is the current Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service since 9 September 2020, succeeding Sir Mark Sedwill.
Case was Downing Street Permanent Secretary to Prime Minister Boris Johnson from May to September 2020.[1] That role had been vacant for eight years after Sir Jeremy Heywood left in 2012. From January 2016 to May 2017, Case served under David Cameron and Theresa May as Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[2]