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Passport CEO appointed new Registrar General
04 May 2008
The new Registrar General for England and Wales, James Hall, was appointed today. Mr Hall is also Chief Executive of the Identity and Passport Service (IPS)
He becomes the eighteenth Registrar General since the civil registration of births, deaths and marriages began in England and Wales in 1837.
His appointment by The Queen was made following the transfer of the General Register Office (GRO) to IPS - an executive agency of the Home Office - on April 1 this year.
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