Jon Day

{{Short description|British civil servant}}

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Sir Jonathan Stephen Day {{postnominals|country=GBR|CBE}} (born 23 April 1954){{cite web

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}} is a retired British Civil Servant lately serving as the Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of the Joint Intelligence Organisation at the Cabinet Office.{{cite web

| url = http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/news/new-chair-joint-intelligence-committee

| title = New Chair for the Joint Intelligence Committee

| publisher = Cabinet Office

| date = 2012-03-02

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Day initially trained as a solicitor, and joined the Civil Service in 1979. During his career, Day worked in the Ministry of Defence, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Cabinet Office, was seconded to NATO, and did a year's sabbatical at Harvard University. Day retired at the end of November 2015, and was replaced by Charles Farr as Chair of the JIC.{{Cite web|title = Joint Intelligence Committee Chair appointed: Charles Farr – Press releases – GOV.UK|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-intelligence-committee-chair-appointed-charles-farr|website = www.gov.uk|accessdate = 2015-12-13}}

Honours

Day was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1999 New Year Honours for his contribution to the Strategic Defence Review as Director of Defence Policy at the MoD{{cite web| url = http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/People/SeniorOfficials/SecondPermanentUnderSecretary.htm | title = Second Permanent Under Secretary — Jon Day | publisher = Ministry of Defence | year = 2011 | accessdate = 5 March 2012}}{{London Gazette |issue = 55354 |date = 30 December 1998 |page=7 |supp = y }} and was knighted in the 2016 New Year Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=61450|supp=y|page=N2|date=30 December 2015}}{{cite web|title=New Year's Honours 2016 list|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/489049/NY2016HonoursFullList.pdf|website=GOV.UK|accessdate=30 December 2015|date=30 December 2015}}

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