Peter Fish | |
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Director-General, Legal, Home Office | |
Assumed office 2014-03-01 | |
Home Secretary | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Jonathan Jones |
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Fish was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2017 New Year Honours. [5]
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