{"id":81828,"date":"2017-06-22T16:07:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T16:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=24a7b2fbb1263c282eedfb090f2d6e39"},"modified":"2017-06-22T16:07:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T16:07:55","slug":"news-story-new-director-general-of-border-force-appointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=81828","title":{"rendered":"News story: New Director-General of Border Force appointed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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He will replace Sir Charles Montgomery, who will be moving on in September after a distinguished 44-year career in the Royal Navy and Civil Service.<\/p>\n

Mr Lincoln, who is currently Director-General of the Home Office\u2019s Crime, Policing and Fire Group (CPFG), will take up his new role in the autumn.<\/p>\n

He will take overall responsibility for Border Force, a law enforcement command within the Home Office which secures the UK border by carrying out immigration and customs controls for people and goods entering the UK.<\/p>\n

Mr Lincoln joined the Home Office in 2014 as national security director and then acting Director-General in the Office of Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT) before joining CPFG.<\/p>\n

Permanent Secretary Philip Rutnam and Second Permanent Secretary Patsy Wilkinson said:<\/p>\n

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Paul has done a tremendous job in leading CPFG over the past year, overseeing and driving its mission to keep people safe, cut crime, protect the vulnerable and reform police, fire and rescue services.<\/p>\n

We would like to thank Paul for his leadership in this area and look forward to working with him as director-general for Border Force.<\/p>\n

We would also like to thank Sir Charles for his dedicated years of service in the Home Office and, before that, the Ministry of Defence. Sir Charles has played a vital role in leading Border Force through a period of significant transformation whilst ensuring that the UK borders remain secure.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Commenting on his appointment, Paul Lincoln said:<\/p>\n

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I am delighted to have the opportunity to lead Border Force at such an important time. I look forward to working with colleagues across the organisation who strive to secure our border and promote national prosperity.<\/p>\n

It has been a privilege to have been the Director-General of CPFG, working with colleagues and partners to make the country a safer place.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sir Charles was appointed Director-General of Border Force in 2013 after a long career in the Royal Navy.<\/p>\n

Sir Charles Montgomery said:<\/p>\n

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It has been a great privilege for me to lead the men and women of Border Force in fulfilling its vital role and meeting its operational objectives.<\/p>\n

I am committed to making this personal contribution until the very last moment I leave the office.<\/p>\n

I am delighted that I am to be succeeded by Paul, who has all the personal and professional qualities to be an outstanding Director-General of Border Force.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul Lincoln has been appointed as the new Director-General of Border Force, the Home Office announced today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81828"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}