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mark sedwill helen ghosh geoffrey adams karen pierce fernando gentilini simon gass simon gass ealing british permanent of the foreign and commonwealth office director , afghanistan & secretary pakistan of the foreign and commonwealth office nato senior civilian at representative in afghanistan the home office director-general , political david cameron cameron david cameron david cameron gordon brown david 21 october 1964 1 february 2013 2012 2010 january 2010 mark sedwill.jpg mark sedwill
 2013 2012 june 2010 mark sedwill university of st andrews st edmund hall , oxford
mark sedwill

mark philip sedwill -lrb- born 21 october 1964 in ealing -rrb- is a british diplomat and civil servant , who served as the united kingdom 's ambassador to afghanistan from 2009 to 2010 and the nato senior civilian representative in afghanistan in 2010 .
he has been the permanent secretary at the uk home office since 1 february 2013 .
