Director General of MI5
The Director General of the Security Service is the head of the Security Service (commonly known as MI5), the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security agency. The Director General is assisted by a Deputy Director General and an Assistant Director General, and reports to the Home Secretary, although the Security Service is not formally part of the Home Office.
The present Director General is Andrew Parker, who has held the role since April 2013.[1]
List of Directors General
Directors General have been:[2]
- Maj Gen Sir Vernon Kell, 1909–1940
- Brigadier 'Jasper' Harker, Acting June 1940 – April 1941[3]
- Sir David Petrie, 1941–1946
- Sir Percy Sillitoe, 1946–1953
- Sir Dick White, 1953–1956
- Sir Roger Hollis, 1956–1965
- Sir Martin Furnival Jones, 1965–1972
- Sir Michael Hanley, 1972–1978
- Sir Howard Smith, 1978–1981
- Sir John Jones, 1981–1985
- Sir Antony Duff, 1985–1988
- Sir Patrick Walker, 1988–1991
- Dame Stella Rimington, 1992–1996
- Sir Stephen Lander, 1996–2002
- Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, 2002–2007
- Sir Jonathan Evans, 2007–2013
- Andrew Parker, 2013–Present
See also
References
- ^ Travis, Alan (28 March 2013). "MI5 deputy named as director general". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ "Former Directors General". Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "Oswald Allen Harker (1886–1968)". State Secrets... Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2007.
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