Director-General of the BBC
Appearance
Director-General of British Broadcasting Corporation | |
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since 22 November 2012 | |
Member of | BBC Executive board |
Reports to | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Appointer | BBC Trust |
Formation | 1927 |
First holder | John Reith |
Salary | £450,000 |
The Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation is chief executive and (from 1994) editor-in-chief of the BBC.
The position was formerly appointed by the Board of Governors of the BBC and is now appointed by the BBC Trust.
List of incumbents
Director General | Tenure | Time in post |
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Sir John Reith, later The Lord Reith | 1927–1938 | 11 years |
Sir Frederick Ogilvie | 1938–1942 | 4 years |
Sir Cecil Graves and Robert W. Foot | 1942–1943 | 1 year |
Robert W. Foot | 1943–1944 | 1 year |
Sir William Haley | 1944–1952 | 8 years |
Sir Ian Jacob | 1952–1959 | 7 years |
Sir Hugh Greene | 1960–1969 | 9 years |
Sir Charles Curran | 1969–1977 | 8 years |
Sir Ian Trethowan | 1977–1982 | 5 years |
Alasdair Milne | 1982–1987 | 5 years |
Sir Michael Checkland | 1987–1992 | 5 years |
Sir John Birt, later The Lord Birt | 1992–2000 | 8 years |
Greg Dyke | 2000–2004 | 4 years |
Mark Byford (acting) | January – June 2004 | 5 months |
Mark Thompson | 2004–2012 | 8 years |
George Entwistle | 2012 | 54 days |
Tim Davie (acting) | 2012–2013 | 141 days |
The Lord Hall of Birkenhead | April 2013 – present | In post[1][2] |
References
- ^ Sabbagh, Dan (22 November 2012). "BBC appoints Tony Hall as new director general". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ "Tony Hall is new director general". Ariel. BBC. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.