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Jonathan Nicholas Powell (born 14 August 1956) is a British diplomat who served as the first Downing Street Chief of Staff, under British Prime Minister Tony Blair from 1995 to 2007. He was the only senior adviser to last the whole period of Blair’s leadership. During this period Powell was also the chief British negotiator on Northern Ireland. In 2007, Powell joined Morgan Stanley as a full-time senior managing director of its investment banking division. He runs the charity Inter Mediate which works on armed conflicts around the world. Powell is currently the UK's special envoy to Libya. ==Early life== Powell is the son of Air Vice-Marshal John Frederick Powell. He has three brothers: Charles, who was foreign policy advisor to former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Chris, a former advertiser; and Roderick. Although Powell pronounces the family name in the conventional manner (to rhyme with 'towel'), Charles pronounces it as 'pole'. Powell was educated at The Cathedral Choir School, Canterbury, and The King's School, Canterbury. He read history and gained a 2.1〔http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jonathan-powell-driven-devoted-and-discreet-is-this-the-last-true-blairite-88706.html〕 at University College, Oxford〔(Univ alumni ), univalumni.org. Retrieved 3 December 2010.〕 and the University of Pennsylvania. He then worked for the BBC and Granada TV before joining the Foreign Office in 1979. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jonathan Powell (Labour adviser)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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