John James Pullinger | |
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United Kingdom National Statistician | |
In office 1 July 2014 –30 June 2019 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
Minister for the Cabinet Office | Francis Maude Matt Hancock Ben Gummer Damian Green David Lidington |
Preceded by | Dame Jil Matheson |
Succeeded by | Sir Ian Diamond |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 June 1959 |
Education | University of Exeter Harvard Business School |
John James Pullinger CB (born 1 June 1959) was the National Statistician for the United Kingdom,serving in this role from 1 July 2014 until retiring on 30 June 2019. [1] [2] He was succeeded on an interim basis by Deputy National Statistician Jonathan Athow, [3] and by Sir Ian Diamond on a permanent basis from October 2019. [4] He became Chairman of the Electoral Commission on 1 May 2021. [5]
Pullinger was a statistician in the Central Statistical Office and later the Office for National Statistics from 1980,finally rising to Director of Social Statistics in 1996. In 2004 he became the Director-General of Information Services and Librarian of the House of Commons. [6] He was the President of the Royal Statistical Society for 2013–14. [7] [2]
In 2014,Pullinger was appointed to replace Dame Jil Matheson as the British National Statistician and the Permanent Secretary-graded Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority. As of 2015,Pullinger was paid a salary of between £150,000 and £154,999,making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time. [8]
From 2019 - 2021 he was president of the International Association for Official Statistics. On May 1,2021,Pullinger became Chairman of the Electoral Commission. [5] [9]
Pullinger was educated at Alleyn's School,Dulwich,the University of Exeter and Harvard Business School. [6] [2] In the 2014 New Year Honours,Pullinger was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) "for services to Parliament and voluntary service to the community through Great Culverden Park Ltd." [10]
In 2016,Pullinger was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Exeter for outstanding achievements in the field of statistics and also received an honorary degree from the University of Essex. [11] In 2018,he received an honorary degree from the University of the West of England. [12]
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