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John Gieve

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newspaper reported that Gieve was being pressed to resign from the Bank of England because of financial mis-management at the Home Office during his period as Permanent Secretary, and his involvement in the released prisoners affair. There was concern that Gieve was not a City insider and that he did
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On 18 June 2008 the Bank of England announced that Gieve would be stepping down in 2009, two years early, after his work to reform the Bank to take on formal and legal responsibility for financial stability was complete.
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in 1974, and has served in a number of departments. Privately, Gieve is known as a keen cyclist, footballer and golfer, and as a loyal supporter of
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not have sufficient technical knowledge for the role. It is not clear who was "pressing" for his resignation - just an assertion in a newspaper.
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department responsible for law and order, including prisons and probation, policing, oversight of
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Later in 2006, Charles Clarke was dismissed as Home Secretary and replaced by
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Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for the Home Department
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from 2001 to 2005. At the time, the Home Office was the
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He was made a Companion of the Civil Division of the
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In early January 2006 Gieve was appointed as the new
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Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office
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He is married with two sons. 1: 836:Alumni of New College, Oxford 287:, where he read first for a 146:Sir Edward John Watson Gieve 877: 327:Regent's University London 320:2004 New Year Honours list 256:On 30 April 2006 the UK's 591: 536:Monetary Policy Committee 441:The Independent on Sunday 352: 343: 334: 251:Monetary Policy Committee 172:Monetary Policy Committee 139: 92: 71: 66:Monetary Policy Committee 59: 39: 275:Gieve was educated at 227: 309:Arsenal Football Club 215:National Audit Office 447:on 30 September 2007 409:on 28 September 2007 217:published a report, 48:World Economic Forum 650:Christopher Allsopp 285:New College, Oxford 277:Charterhouse School 198:team headed by the 174:from 2006 to 2009. 126:New College, Oxford 655:David Blanchflower 494:The London Gazette 388:The London Gazette 295:, and then for an 46:Gieve at the 2008 808: 807: 560:Catherine L. 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Sir
KCB

World Economic Forum
Dubai
Monetary Policy Committee
Mervyn King
Alma mater
New College, Oxford
KCB
civil servant
Deputy Governor for Financial Stability
Bank of England
Monetary Policy Committee
Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office
government
MI5
Ministerial
Home Secretary
David Blunkett
Charles Clarke
National Audit Office
John Reid
Deputy Governor for Financial Stability
Bank of England
Monetary Policy Committee
The Independent
Charterhouse School
Godalming, Surrey
New College, Oxford

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