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The''' Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) and Head of Intelligence Assessment''' is 'responsible to the Prime Minister for supervising the work of the [[Joint Intelligence Committee|JIC]], which provides Ministers and senior officials with co-ordinated inter-departmental intelligence assessments on a range of issues of immediate and long-term importance to UK interests, principally in the fields of security, defence and foreign affairs.'<ref>Cabinet Office [http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/security_and_intelligence/community/central_intelligence_machinery/head_jic_intelligence.aspx Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment], Last updated: 08 October 2009, accessed 6 march 2010</ref> The official is the 'head of the [[Joint Intelligence Organisation]], which includes the [[Assessments Staff]], a group of analysts responsible for drafting JIC assessments, providing warnings of threats to UK interests, and monitoring countries at risk of instability.' <ref>Cabinet Office [http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/security_and_intelligence/community/central_intelligence_machinery/head_jic_intelligence.aspx Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment], Last updated: 08 October 2009, accessed 6 march 2010</ref>

The JIC Chairman is also 'the Professional Head of Intelligence Analysis, a role established following recommendations in Lord Butler's 2004 review, with responsibility for enhancing the analytical capability of the UK intelligence community to enable it to work together more effectively and to provide better intelligence products for Ministers and senior policy makers.'<ref>Cabinet Office [http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/security_and_intelligence/community/central_intelligence_machinery/head_jic_intelligence.aspx Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment], Last updated: 08 October 2009, accessed 6 march 2010</ref>

The [[Chief of the Assessments Staff]] reports to the Chairman of the JIC.
==Chairs==

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!#
!Name
!Term start
!Term end
!Term length
|-
|1
|[[Ralph Stevenson|Sir Ralph Stevenson]]
|1936
|1939
|3 years
|-
|2
|[[Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland|Victor Cavendish-Bentinck]]
|1939
|1945
|6 years
|-
|3
|[[Harold Caccia, Baron Caccia|Sir Harold Caccia]]
|1945
|1948
|3 years
|-
|4
|[[William Goodenough Hayter|Sir William Hayter]]
|1948
|1949
|1 year
|-
|5
|[[Patrick Reilly|Sir Patrick Reilly]]
|1950
|1953
|3 years
|-
|6
|[[Patrick Dean|Sir Patrick Dean]]
|1953
|1960
|7 years
|-
|7
|[[Hugh S. Stephenson|Hugh S. Stephenson]]
|1960
|1963
|3 years
|-
|8
|[[Bernard Alexander Brocas Burrows|Sir Bernard Burrows]]
|1963
|1966
|3 years
|-
|9
|[[Denis Greenhill, Baron Greenhill of Harrow|Sir Denis Greenhill]]
|1966
|1968
|2 years
|-
|10
|[[Edward Peck (British diplomat)|Sir Edward Peck]]
|1968
|1970
|2 years
|-
|11
|[[Stewart Crawford|Sir Stewart Crawford]]
|1970
|1973
|3 years<ref>https://archive.ph/HaXTZ</ref>
|-
|12
|[[Geoffrey Arthur|Sir Geoffrey Arthur]]
|1973
|1975
|2 years<ref>Saki Dockrill and Geraint Hughes, Palgrave Advances in Cold War History, Palgrave Advances, 2006, p.16.</ref>
|-
|13
|[[Antony Duff|Sir Antony Duff]]
|1975
|1979
|4 years<ref>https://www.mi5.gov.uk/about-us/director-general/former-directors-general/sir-antony-duff</ref>
|-
|14
|[[Anthony Acland|Sir Anthony Acland]]
|1979
|1982
|3 years<ref>Michael White and Richard Norton-Taylor, The Franks Report and the Foreign Office, Manchester Guardian Weekly, 23 January 1983.</ref>
|-
|15
|[[Patrick Wright (diplomat)|Sir Patrick Wright]]
|1982
|1984
|2 years<ref>Patrick Wright, [http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/patrick-wright-the-pm-thinks-the-debate-is-over-he-is-wrong-553205.html Patrick Wright: The PM thinks the debate is over. He is wrong], 15 July 2004.</ref>
|-
|16
|[[Percy Cradock|Sir Percy Cradock]]
|1985
|1992
|7 years<ref>Michael Pye, [http://living.scotsman.com/features/EYES-on-the-spies.2310503.jp EYES on the spies], The Scotsman, 15 March 2002.</ref>
|-
|17
|[[Rodric Braithwaite|Sir Rodric Braithwaite]]
|1992
|1993
|1 year<ref>[http://www.rodricbraithwaite.co.uk/da/58963 rodricbraithwaite.co.uk], accessed 2 August 2009.</ref>
|-
|18
|[[Pauline Neville-Jones|Dame Pauline Neville-Jones]]
|1993
|1994
|1 year<ref>Colin Brown, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/highflyer-leaves-secret-role-for-foreign-office-diplomat-moved-from-intelligence-to-be-political-director-1409187.html High-flyer leaves secret role for Foreign Office: Diplomat moved from intelligence to be political director], Independent, 25 January 1994.</ref>
|-
|19
|[[Paul Lever|Sir Paul Lever]]
|1994
|1996
|2 years
|-
|20
|[[Colin Budd|Sir Colin Budd]]
|1996
|1997
|1 year
|-
|21
|[[Michael Pakenham|Sir Michael Pakenham]]
|1997
|2000
|3 years<ref>[http://www.ditchley.co.uk/page/334/the-future-of-nato.htm The future of NATO, in Europe and globally], The Ditchley Foundation, 23-25 October 2008, accessed 2 August 2009.</ref>
|-
|22
|[[Peter Ricketts|Sir Peter Ricketts]]
|2000
|2001
|1 year<ref>[http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/events/live-2008/Biogs/Peter-Ricketts.aspx Profile:Peter Ricketts], Civil Service, 10 January 2009.</ref>
|-
|23
|[[John Scarlett|Sir John Scarlett]]
|2001
|2004
|3 years<ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page2725 Chairmen of the Joint Intelligence Committee], Prime Minister's Office, 4 September 2001.</ref>
|-
|24
|[[William Ehrman|Sir William Ehrman]]
|2004
|2005
|1 year
|-
|25
|[[Richard Mottram|Sir Richard Mottram]]
|2005
|2007
|2 years<ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page8235 New Permanent Secretary Appointments announced], Prime Minister's Office, 28 September 2005.</ref>
|-
|26
|[[Alex Allan|Alex Allan]]
|2007
|2011
|4 years<ref>[http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/security_and_intelligence/community/news/new_jic_chair.aspx Appointment of the new Chairman of the JIC and Head of Intelligence Assessment], Cabinet Office, 15 November 2007.</ref>
|-
|27
|[[Jon Day|Sir Jon Day]]
|2012
|2015
|3 years<ref name="JonDay2012">UK Government, [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-chair-for-the-joint-intelligence-committee New chair for the Joint Intelligence Committee] ''GOV.UK'', 2 March 2012.</ref>
|-
|28
|[[Charles Farr|Sir Charles Farr]]
|2015
|2019
|4 years<ref name="Farr2015">UK Government, [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-intelligence-committee-chair-appointed-charles-farr Joint Intelligence Committee Chair appointed: Charles Farr] ''GOV.UK'', 23 November 2015.</ref>
|-
|29
|[[Simon Gass|Sir Simon Gass]]
|June 2019
|2023
|~4 years<ref name="Gass2019">UK Government, [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-intelligence-committee-chair-appointed-sir-simon-gass Joint Intelligence Committee Chair appointed: Sir Simon Gass] ''GOV.UK'', 18 June 2019.</ref>
|-
|30
|[[Madeleine Alessandri|Dame Madeleine Alessandri]]
|1 July 2023
|present
|~2 years 10 months (as of April 2026)<ref name="Alessandri2023">UK Government, [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-intelligence-committee-chair-appointed-madeleine-alessandri-cmg Joint Intelligence Committee Chair appointed: Madeleine Alessandri CMG] ''GOV.UK'', 4 May 2023.</ref>
|}

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