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John Sawers is a British intelligence officer and civil servant who has served as the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 2009 to 2014. He was born on 26 July 1955 in Warwick, United Kingdom.
Sawers was educated at Warwick School and then at St John's College, Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He then joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1977, and served in various diplomatic posts in the Middle East, including as Ambassador to Egypt from 2001 to 2003.
In 2009, Sawers was appointed Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). During his tenure, he oversaw the expansion of the agency's operations in the Middle East and North Africa, and was involved in the successful operation to capture and kill Osama bin Laden in 2011.
In 2014, Sawers stepped down as Chief of MI6 and was appointed as the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria. In this role, he has been involved in the negotiations to end the Syrian Civil War.
As of 2021, John Sawers's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.
| Popular As |
Robert John Sawers |
| Occupation |
Intelligence officer, civil servant |
| Age |
69 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
| Born |
26 July, 1955 |
| Birthday |
26 July |
| Birthplace |
Warwick, England |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom |
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John Sawers Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is John Sawers's Wife?
His wife is Shelley Sawers
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| Parents |
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| Wife |
Shelley Sawers |
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| Children |
Corinne Sawers |
John Sawers Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is John Sawers worth at the age of 69 years old? John Sawers’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated
John Sawers's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Already Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG), he was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to national security.
On 14 May 2015 he was appointed independent non-executive director of BP Global.
Sawers announced his intention to stand down from running the Secret Intelligence Service by November 2014, the fifth anniversary of his appointment. He was replaced by Alex Younger.
He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Conferences and participated in conferences since 2014 He is a Senior Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
During the Syrian Civil War Sawers supported the Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir David Richards in drawing up plans to train and equip a Syrian rebel army of 100,000 to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, as an alternative option to the government’s plan for limited direct military involvement. The plans were rejected by the UK National Security Council as too ambitious. Ultimately on 29 August 2013, Parliament refused to support the government's plan to participate in military strikes against the Syrian government.
Sawers was announced as chief of the Secret Intelligence Service on 16 June 2009, succeeding Sir John Scarlett. He took up his appointment in November 2009. In July 2009 his family details were removed from the social networking site Facebook following media interest in the contents. On 10 and 16 December 2009 Sawers gave evidence to The Iraq Inquiry. In July 2010 his salary was revealed to the public to be in the range of £160,000 to £169,999.
In 2007 he became British Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
In August 2003 Sawers was appointed Director General for Political Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In this post he advised the UK Foreign Secretary on political and security issues worldwide and negotiated on behalf of the Foreign Secretary with international partners in the G8, EU and UN. He was particularly involved in policy on Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans. Sawers headed the British team in the EU-3 negotiations over Iran's nuclear program in 2006, utilising his scientific background in discussions of nuclear matters.
He served two years in the Middle East as Ambassador to Egypt from 2001 to 2003, and for three months was the British Government's Special Representative in Baghdad assisting in the establishment of the Coalition Provisional Authority as the transitional government during the Occupation of Iraq.
From January 1999 to summer 2001 he was Foreign Affairs Adviser to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, dealing with all aspects of foreign and defence policy and working closely with international counterparts. The period included the Kosovo War. He also worked on the Northern Ireland peace process and the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. He reviewed the Iraq sanctions policy during this period and issued a document that included consideration of regime change.
From 1995 to 1998 he was in the United States and spent a year as an International Fellow at Harvard University and later at the British Embassy in Washington D.C., where he headed the Foreign and Defence Policy team.
He was based in Pretoria and then Cape Town in South Africa from 1988 to 1991 during the first part of the transition from apartheid. He returned to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office yet again to take up the roles of Head of European Union Presidency Planning Unit in 1991 and Principal Private Secretary to Douglas Hurd in 1993.
Sawers joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1977. In his early career, Sawers worked in Yemen and Syria, on behalf of MI6. He became Political Officer in Damascus in 1982 and then returned to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to take up the role of Desk Officer in the European Union Department in 1984 and Private Secretary to the Minister of State in 1986.
Sir Robert John Sawers GCMG (born 26 July 1955) is a British intelligence officer, diplomat and civil servant. He was Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), a position he held from November 2009 until November 2014. He was previously the British Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2007 to November 2009.
