Tony Gallagher (born 2 November 1963) is a British newspaper editor. He has been editor of '' The Times'' since 2022. He was editor of '' The Daily Telegraph'' and joint deputy editor of the ''

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'', before being appointed editor of '' The Sun'' in 2015.

Career

Gallagher attended Finchley Catholic High School in north London, the University of Bristol, and then City, University of London. He began his career as a trainee journalist at the ''Southern Evening Echo'' in Southampton in 1985, and moved to the South West News Agency in Bristol in 1987. He joined '' Today'' in 1988, and became a reporter at the ''

'' in 1990. He attracted attention for his Princess Diana-related exclusives. He later became news editor and finally assistant editor in 2006. He joined '' The Daily Telegraph'' in October 2006 as head of news and became deputy editor in September 2007. As deputy editor, Gallagher took the lead on exclusives relating to the

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. In November 2009, he was promoted to editor. Gallagher relinquished his post with immediate effect in January 2014 and went on leave, spending some time working at the London restaurant Moro. In April 2015 he became deputy editor of the ''Daily Mail'' and shared the role with John Steafel. Gallagher s