Peter Fish (lawyer)

Peter James Reginald Fish[1] CB is a British government lawyer, serving since April 2014 as the Director-General for Legal affairs at the Home Office.[2][3] In each of his most recent three postings since 2009 he has immediately followed Jonathan Guy Jones, who now serves as HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor; first as the Director-General of the Attorney General's Office, then as Deputy Treasury Solicitor, and now at the Home Office.[4][2]

Peter Fish
Director-General, Legal, Home Office
Assumed office
2014-03-01
Home SecretaryTheresa May
Preceded byJonathan Jones

Fish was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2017 New Year Honours.[5]

References

  1. "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 30 December 2016. p. 6. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. "Peter Fish - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  3. "Interview: Peter Fish | Civil Service World". www.civilserviceworld.com. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  4. "Jonathan Jones - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  5. "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N3.
Political offices
Preceded by
???
Legal Director,
Cabinet Office

2005-2009
Succeeded by
Iain Macleod
Preceded by
Jonathan Jones
Director-General
Attorney General’s Office

2009-2012
Succeeded by
Rowena Collins-Rice
Deputy Treasury Solicitor
Treasury Solicitor’s Department

2012-2014
Succeeded by
???
Director General, Legal
Home Office

2014-
Incumbent
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