Joint Intelligence Committee (United Kingdom) - History

History

The JIC was founded in 1936 as a sub-committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence, the advisory peacetime defence planning agency. During World War II, it became the senior intelligence assessment body in the UK. In 1957 the JIC moved to the Cabinet Office, where its assessments staff prepare draft intelligence assessments for the committee to consider.

Since founding, the Committee's Chair has been as follows:

  • Sir Ralph Stevenson, 1936–39
  • Lord Victor Cavendish Bentinck, 1939–45 (subsequently The 9th Duke of Portland)
  • Sir Harold Caccia, 1945–48 (subsequently The Lord Caccia)
  • Sir William Hayter, 1948–49
  • Sir Patrick Reilly, 1950–53
  • Sir Patrick Dean, 1953–60
  • Sir Hugh Stevenson, 1960–63
  • Sir Bernard Burrows, 1963–66
  • Sir Denis Greenhill, 1966–68 (subsequently The Lord Greenhill)
  • Sir Edward Peck, 1968–70
  • Sir Stewart Crawford, 1970–73
  • Sir Geoffrey Arthur, 1973–75
  • Sir Antony Duff, 1975–79
  • Sir Antony Acland, 1979–82
  • Sir Patrick Wright, 1982–84 (subsequently The Lord Wright)
  • Sir Percy Craddock, 1985–92
  • Sir Rodric Braithwaite, 1992–93
  • Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, 1993–94 (subsequently The Lady Neville-Jones)
  • Sir Paul Lever, 1994–96
  • Sir Colin Budd, 1996-97
  • Sir Michael Pakenham, 1997–2000
  • Sir Peter Ricketts, 2000 – September 2001
  • Sir John Scarlett, 2001–2005
  • Sir Richard Mottram, 2005–2007 (as Permanent Secretary, Intelligence, Security and Resilience)
  • Sir Alex Allan, 2007–2011
  • Jon Day, since 2012

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