What is John Chilcot?
{{Infobox Officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] |name = Sir John Chilcot |honorific-suffix =[[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath|GCB]] |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1939|4|22}} |birth_place = [[Surrey]], [[England]] |death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2021|10|3|1939|4|22}} |death_place = |residence = |nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]] |ethnicity = |citizenship = |education = [[Brighton College]] |alma_mater = [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]] |occupation = Civil servant |years_active = |title = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |opponents = |religion = |spouse = |partner = |children = |relations = |callsign = |signature = |website = |footnotes = |box_width = }} '''Sir John Chilcot''', [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath|GCB]] [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|PC]] ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|tʃ|ɪ|l|k|ɒ|t|}}; 22 April 1939 &ndash; 3 October 2021) was a British [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Counsellor]] and [[Her Majesty's Civil Service|civil servant]]. He was the chairman of the [[Iraq Inquiry]]. ==Iraq Inquiry== His appointment as chairman of an inquiry into the events surrounding the [[Iraq War|March 2003 invasion of Iraq]] and its aftermath was announced in June 2009.<ref>{{cite news |author=Wintour, Patrick |title=David Cameron says he favours a more secret approach to Iraq inquiry |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/15/iraq-war-inquiry-conservative-reaction |date=15 June 2009 |work=The Guardian |access-date=30 July 2009 | location=London}}</ref> ==Other interests== He was president of Britain's independent policing [[think tank]], [[The Police Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Trustees, patrons and associates