Sir Peter Edward Lewis KCMG CB is a retired British prosecutor, serving from 2007 until 2016 as the Chief Executive of the Crown Prosecution Service under the Director of Public Prosecutions.[1][2] Between April 2018 and April 2023 he was Registrar of the International Criminal Court.
Sir Peter Lewis | |
|---|---|
| Chief Executive Crown Prosecution Service | |
| In office January 2007 – 31 March 2016 | |
| Attorney General | The Baroness Scotland of Asthal (–2010) Dominic Grieve (2010–2014) Jeremy Wright (2014–retirement) |
| DPP | Ken Macdonald (–2008) Keir Starmer (2008–2013) Alison Saunders (2013–retirement) |
| Preceded by | Richard Foster |
| Succeeded by | Nick Folland |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | City of Birmingham Polytechnic |
Career edit
Lewis qualified as a solicitor in 1981, and started as a prosecutor in West Midlands Prosecuting Solicitors before joining the Crown Prosecution Service at its inception in 1986 when the police prosecutorial offices were merged into a single national body.[1]
Appointed as Chief Executive in January 2007 to replace Richard Foster, Lewis was the first Chief Executive of the service to be appointed from within the ranks having started as a prosecutor.[3] As of 2015, Lewis was paid a salary of between £160,000 and £164,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[4]
In February 2016, the CPS announced that Lewis would retire, and be replaced by Nick Folland from 16 March 2016.[2][5]
Lewis was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2012 Birthday Honours.[6]
On 28 March 2018, he was elected Registrar to the International Criminal Court for a period of five years; and on 17 April, he was sworn in.[7][8] He was succeeded as Registrar by Osvaldo Zavala Giler on 17 April 2023.[9]
He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to the International Criminal Court and international criminal justice.[10]
References edit
- ^ a b "About the CPS : Chief Executive". www.cps.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ a b "New Chief Executive appointed at the Crown Prosecution Service". www.cps.gov.uk. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ "Crown Prosecution Service Chief Executive appointed : Press Release : Crown Prosecution Service". www.cps.gov.uk. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2016 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 2.
- ^ "Peter Lewis". International Criminal Court. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "Outsider Peter Lewis voted Registrar to reform the International Criminal Court". justiceinfo.net. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "In conversation with the new ICC Registrar, Osvaldo Zavala Giler". Diplomat Magazine. 7 May 2023. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023.
- ^ "No. 64082". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2023. p. B3.
External links edit
- A portrait of Lewis by the photographer Mark Thomas
- An interview with Lewis in 2011