Douglas Wass
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Sir Douglas Wass was Permanent Secretary
to HM Treasury
from 1974 to 1983 and served as joint head of the civil service in 1981.
Permanent Secretary
The Permanent secretary, in most departments officially titled the permanent under-secretary of state , is the most senior civil servant of a British Government ministry, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis...
to HM Treasury
HM Treasury
HM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the British government's public finance policy and economic policy...
from 1974 to 1983 and served as joint head of the civil service in 1981.