# Christopher Graham

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'''Christopher Sidney Matthew Graham''' (born 21 September 1950) took over the role of [UK Information Commissioner](/source/Information_Commissioner's_Office) from [Richard Thomas](/source/Richard_Thomas_(lawyer)) on 29 June 2009 and concluded his tenure on 28 June 2016. Prior to this appointment, Graham was Director General of the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)'s [Advertising Standards Authority](/source/Advertising_Standards_Authority_(United_Kingdom)).<ref name="number10">{{cite web |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page19241 |title=Written Ministerial Statement - Appointment of Information Commissioner |publisher=The official site of the Prime Minister’s Office |date=2009-05-08 |accessdate=2009-05-19 |quote=Her Majesty The Queen has approved the appointment of Mr Christopher Graham as the next Information Commissioner with effect from 29 June 2009 for a period of 5 years. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522113842/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page19241 |archivedate=22 May 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=42800&c=1 |title=Christopher Graham is new Information Commissioner |last=McNally |first=Paul |accessdate=2009-01-13 |date=2009-01-13 |quote=The [Ministry of Justice](/source/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)) has selected [Advertising Standards Authority](/source/Advertising_Standards_Authority_(United_Kingdom)) director general Christopher Graham to replace Richard Thomas as Information Commissioner. |publisher=Press Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111212349/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=42800&c=1 |archive-date=2012-01-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Christopher Graham's father, '''[David Maurice Graham](/source/David_Maurice_Graham)''' (1911–99), served as a broadcaster with the [BBC](/source/BBC) External Services from 1939 to 1971. He reported on the liberation of the [Nazi death camps](/source/Extermination_camp) and Indian independence, and subsequently specialised in covering Eastern Europe. As an undergraduate, he had played a leading role in [The King and Country debate](/source/The_King_and_Country_debate) of 1933 at the [Oxford Union](/source/Oxford_Union).<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-08-17 |title=Obituary: David Graham |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-david-graham-1113412.html |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> David Graham's father, Sir [Lancelot Graham](/source/Lancelot_Graham) (1880-1958), was the first Governor of Sind in British India (now Pakistan).

Christopher Graham was a boy chorister at [Canterbury Cathedral](/source/Canterbury_Cathedral). He went on to [St Edward's School, Oxford](/source/St_Edward's_School%2C_Oxford), then [Liverpool University](/source/Liverpool_University), where he took a [BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in History, serving as President of the [Guild of Undergraduates](/source/Guild_of_Undergraduates) (1971–72). He was a [Liverpool City](/source/Liverpool_City_Council) Councillor from 1971 to 1974, being one of the youngest people ever elected to a local council in the UK. He was elected as a [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_(UK)) and served as a councillor for St. Michael's ward. Prior to his appointment as Director General of the ASA in 2000, Graham had worked for the BBC since the mid-1970s, including serving as Secretary to the Board of Governors. In the general elections of [1983](/source/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election) and [1987](/source/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election) he stood unsuccessfully as the [Liberal-SDP Alliance](/source/Liberal-SDP_Alliance) candidate for the [North Wiltshire](/source/North_Wiltshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) parliamentary constituency.<ref>"The Roll of St. Edward's School, 1863-1992."  1993.</ref> On both occasions, he came second to the [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) candidate.

Graham married Mary Crockett, a journalist with ''[The Scotsman](/source/The_Scotsman)'', in April 2010.

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| before = [Richard Thomas](/source/Richard_Thomas_(lawyer))
| title  = [United Kingdom Information Commissioner](/source/Information_Commissioner's_Office)
| years  = 2009 - 2016
| after  = [Elizabeth Denham](/source/Elizabeth_Denham)
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