David Williams (civil servant)

David Williams
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence
Assumed office
April 2021
Sec. of StateBen Wallace
Grant Shapps
John Healey
Preceded byStephen Lovegrove
Second Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care
In office
March 2020 – April 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Sec. of StateMatt Hancock
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byShona Dunn
Personal details
BornDecember 1968 (1968-12) (age 57)
EducationCorpus Christi College, Oxford
OccupationCivil servant
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David Peter Williams CB (born December 1968) is a British civil servant who has served as the permanent under-secretary of state for defence since April 2021.