Ann Abraham
.svg){kind=small} Ann Abraham |
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| Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration | |
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In office 4 November 2002 – 31 December 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Michael Buckley |
| Succeeded by | Dame Julie Mellor |
| Health Service Commissioner for England | |
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In office 4 November 2002 – 31 December 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Michael Buckley |
| Succeeded by | Dame Julie Mellor |
| Health Service Commissioner for Wales | |
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In office 4 November 2002 – 30 September 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Michael Buckley |
| Succeeded by | Adam Peat |
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| Born | 25 August 1952 |
| Nationality |
 English
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| Alma mater | Bedford College, London |
Ann Abraham (born 25 August 1952) is a public servant who was the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioner for England (Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman) between 2002 and 2011.
Ann Abraham was born in 1952 and attended Kingsfield Grammar School in Bristol. She studied at Bedford College, London, graduating in German and philosophy in 1974.
She was a housing manager between 1979 and 1980, first for Tower Hamlets Council and then for Islington Council. She then joined the Housing Corporation in 1981, serving until 1990 as a regional director and then operations director. She became the Chief Executive of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux in 1991, serving until 1997, when she became the Legal Services Ombudsman.
In 2002, Ann Abraham succeeded Sir Michael Buckley as Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
Her tenure as Ombudsman saw a major effort to focus the efforts of Government departments on providing good administration, departing from the traditional focus on avoiding maladministration. She confronted the Government over several serious acts of maladministration, which led to an unprecedented tabling of reports under s10(3) Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 in which the Ombudsman reports that injustice caused by maladministration has not is not likely to be remedied. She also maximised her powers under s10(4) Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 to issue special reports in order highlights significant examples of maladministration by the Government.
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