Sir Peter Lewis
KCMG CB
Chief Executive
Crown Prosecution Service
In office
January 2007 – 31 March 2016
Attorney GeneralThe Baroness Scotland of Asthal (–2010)
Dominic Grieve (2010–2014)
Jeremy Wright (2014–retirement)
DPPKen Macdonald (–2008)
Keir Starmer (2008–2013)
Alison Saunders (2013–retirement)
Preceded byRichard Foster
Succeeded byNick Folland
Personal details
Alma materCity of Birmingham Polytechnic

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.

Career

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

  1. ^ a b "About the CPS : Chief Executive". www.cps.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b "New Chief Executive appointed at the Crown Prosecution Service". www.cps.gov.uk. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Crown Prosecution Service Chief Executive appointed : Press Release : Crown Prosecution Service". www.cps.gov.uk. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2016 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  6. ^ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 2.
  7. ^ "Peter Lewis". International Criminal Court. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Outsider Peter Lewis voted Registrar to reform the International Criminal Court". justiceinfo.net. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  9. ^ "In conversation with the new ICC Registrar, Osvaldo Zavala Giler". Diplomat Magazine. 7 May 2023. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023.
  10. ^ "No. 64082". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2023. p. B3.

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Political offices Preceded byRichard Foster Chief Executive, Crown Prosecution Service 2007–2016 Succeeded byNick Folland
Legal offices Preceded byHerman von Hebel Registrar of the International Criminal Court 2018–2023 Succeeded byOsvaldo Zavala Giler
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