Director General of MI5
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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 Jonathan Evans, who has held the role since April 2007.
[edit] List of Directors General
- Jonathan Evans, 20 April 2007-present
- Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, October 2002–20 April 2007
- Sir Stephen Lander, 1996–2002
- Dame Stella Rimington, 1992–1996
- Sir Patrick Walker, 1988–1991
- Sir Antony Duff, 1985–1988
- Sir John Jones, 1981–1985
- Sir Howard Smith, 1979–1981
- Sir Michael Hanley, 1972–1979
- Sir Martin Furnival Jones, 1965–1972
- Sir Roger Hollis, 1956–1965
- Sir Dick White, 1953–1956
- Sir Percy Sillitoe, 1946–1953
- Sir David Petrie, 1941–1946
- Brigadier 'Jasper' Harker, Acting June 1940–April 1941[1]
- Maj Gen Sir Vernon Kell, 1909–1940
[edit] References
- ^ Oswald Allen Harker (1886-1968). State Secrets.... Retrieved on 18 November 2007.
