About Desmond Bowen
Born 1949. Desmond Bowen is a civil servant.
Desmond John Bowen (born 11 January 1949) is a British public servant, notable for serving as Director-General of Operational Policy in the Ministry of Defence during the build-up to the Iraq War.
Biography Bowen served as an officer in the Parachute Regiment in Northern Ireland, Cyprus and West Germany. He served as Director-General of Operational Policy in the Ministry of Defence. He served as a witness in the Iraq Inquiry. In 2017, he was appointed as a board member at the Imperial War Museum.
Bowen is married and has two children.
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