Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Silk, Paul
Parallel form(s) of name
- Silk, Evan Paul
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
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Description area
Dates of existence
1952-
History
Sir Evan Paul Silk was born in 1952 and attended Christ College, Brecon; Brasenose College, Oxford; Princeton University and the Open University. (BA 2021)
He was a Clerk in the House of Commons from 1975-1977 and 1979-2001. From 2001 to 2007, he was Clerk to the National Assembly for Wales before returning to the House of Commons as Director of Strategic Projects from 2007 to 2011. He then chaired the Commission on Devolution in Wales from 2011 to 2014. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Bath in January 2015 for services to the Parliaments of, and devolution within, the UK. He has worked as Presidential Adviser in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and has written and lectured extensively on Parliament and the constitution. He is an honorary Professor at the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University, an honorary Fellow of Aberystwyth University and a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. He is a former President of the Study of Parliament Group.
Places
Brecon (Wales)
Oxford (England)
London (England)
Cardiff (Wales)
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Clerk in the House of Commons 1975-1977
Clerk in the House of Commons 1979-2001
Clerk to the National Assembly for Wales 2001-2007
House of Commons as Director of Strategic Projects 2007-2011
Chair, Independent Commission on Devolution in Wales 2011-2014
Mandates/sources of authority
Global Parters Governance website and Who's Who website 15/4/2024