succeeded profession office preceded primeminister birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
sir jon cunliffe diplomat united permanent representative to the european union kingdom national security advisor her britannic majesty 's sir peter ricketts sir john grant david cameron gordon brown david cameron 30 april 1954 23 january 2012 july 2007 kim darroch
 23 january 2012 sir kim darroch
kim darroch

sir nigel kim darroch , kcmg -lrb- b. 30 april 1954 -rrb- is a senior british diplomat .
effective january 2012 , he is the government 's national security advisor .
on 24 june 2011 , number 10 announced that darroch would replace sir peter ricketts as national security advisor in january 2012 , with sir jon cunliffe selected as darroch 's replacement as permanent representative to the european union .
on 7 july 2015 , number 10 announced that sir kim would be replaced by sir mark lyall grant in september 2015 , with darroch moving to a different diplomatic post .
educated at abingdon school and durham university , darroch joined the diplomatic service in september 1980 , and has served in a number of posts including director-general , europe -lrb- head of europe policy -rrb- , and as head of the cabinet office european secretariat served as the prime minister 's principal advisor on european affairs .
he was appointed a companion of order of st. michael & st. george -lrb- cmg -rrb- in the new year honours 1997 , and as a knight commander -lrb- kcmg -rrb- in the birthday honours 2008 .
