Peter Thomas Marshall Hill is a British civil servant and a former

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. He was appointed CEO of the 26th

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of the Parties (

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) in September 2019, having previously been Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. Hill worked within Peter Mandelson's and his successor Catherine Ashton's cabinet when they were the European Trade Commissioner between 2006 and 2009. Following the Conservative Party's return to government in 2010, Hill worked in the office for security and counter-terrorism when

Theresa May Theresa Mary May, Lady May (; née Brasier; born 1 October 1956) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She previously served in David Cameron's cabi ...

was

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. In 2013, Hill moved from the Home Office to work in the Foreign Office as the Director of Strategy to three former Foreign Secretaries:

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and

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. The

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, Theresa May, appointed Peter Hill as her Principal Private Secretary in May 2017 following his predecessor Simon Case's appointment as the Director General for the UK-EU Partnership, to coordinate the process of the consequences of invoking

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. Hill resigned after Boris Johnson's election as May's successor on 24 July 2019, but remained in the post until his successor was announced. Hill was appointed

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, o ...

(CVO) in the

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for services to the Royal Household.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Peter Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Companions of the Order of the Bath Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Principal Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister

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