Michael Partridge

Sir Michael John Anthony Partridge, KCB is a retired British civil servant, who served as Permanent Secretary to the former Department of Social Security. After his civil service career he was pro-vice chancellor and governor at Middlesex University.{{cite web|title=Former DSS perm sec Michael Partridge awarded honorary degree|url= https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/former-dss-perm-sec-michael-partridge-awarded-honorary-degree |publisher=Civil Service World|accessdate=6 October 2020|date=17 July 2015|quote=Sir Michael Partridge given honorary degree from Middlesex University }}

Education

Partridge studied at Merchant Taylors' School and then at St. John's College, Oxford. He is now an Honorary Fellow of St. John's.{{cite web|title=Sir Michael Partridge KCB|url= https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/people/sir-michael-partridge/}}

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before=Sir Christopher France |

title=Second Permanent Secretary of the
Department of Health and Social Security |

years=1987–1988 |

after=Department abolished

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before=Department created |

title=Permanent Secretary of the
Department of Social Security |

years=1988–1995 |

after=Ann Bowtell

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