Tony Gallagher

Tony Gallagher (born 2 November 1963) is a British newspaper editor. He was appointed as editor-in-chief of The Sun in early September 2015. He is a former editor at The Daily Telegraph and was joint deputy editor of the Daily Mail before his current post.

Gallagher attended Finchley Catholic High School and Bristol University and then City University London. He began his career as a trainee journalist at the Southern Evening Echo in Southampton in 1985, and then moved to the South West News Agency in Bristol in 1987. He joined Today in 1988, and then became a reporter at the Daily Mail in 1990. He attracted attention for his Princess Diana-related exclusives. He later became news editor and finally assistant editor in 2006. He joined The Daily Telegraph in October 2006 as head of news. He became deputy editor in September 2007.

As deputy editor, Gallagher took the lead on exclusives relating to the MPs' expenses scandal. In November 2009, he was promoted to editor.

Gallagher relinquished his post with immediate effect in January 2014. The following April he became joint deputy editor of the Daily Mail and shared the role with John Steafel.

Gallagher was appointed as the editor-in-chief of The Sun on 2 September 2015.

He is a fan of West Ham United, a team he came to support because his father worked in London's East End. He is married with three children.