title: John Chilcot
text: Sir John Chilcot, GCB PC (; 22 April 1939 – 3 October 2021) was a British Privy Counsellor and civil servant. He was the chairman of the Iraq Inquiry.
  
  Iraq Inquiry
  His appointment as chairman of an inquiry into the events surrounding the March 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath was announced in June 2009.
  
  Other interests
  He was president of Britain's independent policing think tank, The Police Foundation.
  
  Honors
  His honours included CB (1990), KCB (1994), and GCB (1998). He became a Privy Counsellor in 2004, and was a member of the Butler Review. He acted as "staff counsellor" to MI5 and MI6 from 1999 to 2004, "dealing with private and personal complaints from members of the intelligence services about their work and conditions".
  
  Death
  Chilcot died from kidney disease on 3 October 2021, at the age of 82.
  
  References
  
  1939 births
  2021 deaths
  Alumni of the University of Cambridge 
  Civil servants
  Deaths from kidney disease
  People from Surrey