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Nicholas Monck (civil servant)

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Sir Nicholas Jeremy Monck, KCB (9 March 1935 – 14 August 2013) was an English civil servant.

Grave of Nicholas Monck in Highgate Cemetery

Biography

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Monck was educated at King's College, Cambridge and after National Service in the Royal Horse Artillery he then studied at the University of Pennsylvania and the London School of Economics. He entered the Ministry of Power in 1959. From 1966 to 1969, he was a senior economist to the Tanzanian government. Returning to civil service in 1969, he worked in HM Treasury and was principal private secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1976 to 1977. He was deputy secretary with responsibility for industry from 1984 to 1990, then Second Permanent Secretary with responsibility for public expenditure from 1990 to 1992. From 1993 to his retirement in 1995, he was Permanent Secretary of the Department for Employment.[1][2]

He is buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.

References

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  1. ^ "Sir Nicholas Monck", The Times, 4 September 2013, p. 50. Gale FXBZPN459865794.
  2. ^ "Monck, Sir Nicholas (Jeremy)", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2021). Retrieved 15 September 2021.

Further reading

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Government offices
Preceded by Permanent Secretary of the
Department of Employment

1993–1995
Succeeded by