Tony Gallagher (born 2 November 1963) is a British newspaper journalist, and is currently editor of ''

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''. He was editor of ''

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'', joint deputy editor of the ''

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'', and editor of ''

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'' in 2015, before being appointed editor of ''The Times'' in 2022.

Career

Gallagher attended Finchley Catholic High School in north London, the

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, and then

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. 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 ''

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'' in 1988, and became a reporter at the ''

'' in 1990. He attracted attention for his

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–related exclusives. He later became news editor and finally assistant editor in 2006. He joined ''

'' 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 said: "My huge admiration for Paul Dacre is well known and I am greatly looking forward to joining his outstanding team." Gallagher was appointed editor of ''

'' on 2 September 2015.

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succeeded him as ''The Sun''s editor, after Gallagher was appointed deputy editor of ''

'' effective 10 February 2020. In June 2022 Gallagher came under scrutiny for deleting a story unfavourable to

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in ''The Times'' while acting for editor John Witherow while he was on holiday. Johnson and Gallagher had been seen jogging together in the past. Gallagher had been in temporary charge of ''The Times'' for most of the year, while Witherow had been on

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. On 28 September 2022 Gallagher was confirmed as the new editor of the newspaper, as Witherow stepped down. In September 2023, the ''

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'' named Gallagher among the most influential people in British right-wing politics.

Personal life

Gallagher is married with three children.

References

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