Editing Jamie Shea

{{Short description|Spokesperson for NATO}}
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'''Jamie Patrick Shea''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CMG}} (born 11 September 1953 in [[London]]) is a retired official of [[NATO]]. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO Headquarters in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] until his retirement in late September 2018.

== Biography ==
He attended Sir George Monoux Grammar School in Walthamstow, London<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir George Monoux College - History and Alumni |url=https://www.sgmc.ac.uk/aboutUs/historyAndAlumni.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616181054/https://www.sgmc.ac.uk/aboutUs/historyAndAlumni.asp |archive-date=16 June 2023}}</ref> and received his B.A. (Hons.) in [[Modern History]] and [[French language|French]] from the [[University of Sussex]] (1977) and his [[D.Phil.]] in Modern History from [[Lincoln College, Oxford]] (1981).<ref name="nato">{{cite web |title=Jamie Shea |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/who_is_who_50159.htm |website=nato.int |publisher=NATO}}</ref>

He received worldwide attention during the 1999 [[Kosovo War]], when he served as the spokesperson for [[NATO]].<ref>{{cite news |title=NATO can't be the global policeman: Jamie Shea |url=http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2005/s1371814.htm |work=[[ABC Online]] |date=18 May 2005 |accessdate=5 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112040206/http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fpm%2Fcontent%2F2005%2Fs1371814.htm |archive-date=12 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He described the children and adult civilians killed by the NATO bombing of Serbia in the effort to prevent the Serbs from retaining Kosovo as the "cost to defeat an evil".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/357355.stm | work=BBC News | title=Civilian deaths 'necessary price' | date=31 May 1999}}</ref>

He began his career in NATO in 1980 as Administrator in Council Operations, before moving to Head of Youth Programmes and Head of External Relations Conferences and Seminars. Prior to his role as spokesperson for NATO, he was a speechwriter for the organization from 1991 to 1993.<ref name="nato" /> Subsequent duties included Director of Information and Press (October 2000-March 2003), Deputy Assistant Secretary General for External Relations (April 2003-August 2005) and Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges from August 2005 until his retirement in September 2018.<ref name="nato" />

Shea was appointed [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG) in the [[2020 New Year Honours]] for services to diplomacy and public service.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=62866|supp=y|page=N4|date=28 December 2019}}</ref>

Since 2024, he has been the host of NATO Through Time - history [[podcast]], uploaded on NATO's [[YouTube]] channel. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_vlwQEsZAbz71cCrDmceH5BcY_hgYGJ0 | title=NATO Through Time - A history podcast | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>

Shea is married and has two children, Chiara and Alexander.

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[[Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George]]


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