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Five of the Security Service's seven branches report to the Deputy Director General, including those responsible for domestic and international terrorism.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/organisation.html Organisation], MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.</ref>
 
Five of the Security Service's seven branches report to the Deputy Director General, including those responsible for domestic and international terrorism.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/organisation.html Organisation], MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.</ref>
  
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At times, MI5 has had more than one Deputy Director General. According to Michael Smith, this was the case in the mid-1990s until 1996.<ref>Michael Smith, The Spying Game, Politico's 2003, p.129.</ref>
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At times, MI5 has had more than one Deputy Director General. According to Michael Smith, this was the case in the mid-1990s until 1996.<ref>Michael Smith, The Spying Game, Politico's 2003, p.129.</ref> One of these posts was known as (DDG) (Operations).<ref>Julian Faux, CB, MI5 officer, died of cancer on July 6 aged 62. He was born on July 28, 1935, The Times, 23 July 1998.</ref>
  
 
==Deputy Directors General==
 
==Deputy Directors General==
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*Sir [[Eric Holt-Wilson]] -1940<ref>Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.227.</ref>
 
*Brigadier [[Oswald Allen Harker]] 1941-1946<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page61.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 19 July 2009. </ref>
 
*Brigadier [[Oswald Allen Harker]] 1941-1946<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page61.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 19 July 2009. </ref>
 
*[[Guy Liddell]] 1947-1952.<ref>George A. Carver. Jr., [http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/88sep/5thman.htm The Fifth Man], The Atlantic Monthly, September 1988.</ref>
 
*[[Guy Liddell]] 1947-1952.<ref>George A. Carver. Jr., [http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/88sep/5thman.htm The Fifth Man], The Atlantic Monthly, September 1988.</ref>
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*Sir [[John Jones]] 1976-1981<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page61.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 19 July 2009. </ref>
 
*Sir [[John Jones]] 1976-1981<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page61.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 19 July 2009. </ref>
 
*[[Cecil Shipp]] 1982-1986 or 88<ref>Cecil Shipp, The Times, 17 September 1988.</ref>
 
*[[Cecil Shipp]] 1982-1986 or 88<ref>Cecil Shipp, The Times, 17 September 1988.</ref>
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*[[Patrick Walker]] DDG (Operations)-Circa 1987/88<ref>Julian Faux, CB, MI5 officer, died of cancer on July 6 aged 62. He was born on July 28, 1935, The Times, 23 July 1998.</ref>
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*[[Patrick Walker]] DDG (Operations)- Circa 1987/88<ref>Julian Faux, CB, MI5 officer, died of cancer on July 6 aged 62. He was born on July 28, 1935, The Times, 23 July 1998.</ref>
 
*[[Julian Faux]] DDG (Operations) 1988-1993.<ref>Julian Faux, CB, MI5 officer, died of cancer on July 6 aged 62. He was born on July 28, 1935, The Times, 23 July 1998.</ref>
 
*[[Julian Faux]] DDG (Operations) 1988-1993.<ref>Julian Faux, CB, MI5 officer, died of cancer on July 6 aged 62. He was born on July 28, 1935, The Times, 23 July 1998.</ref>
 
*[[David Ranson]] -1990<ref>Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.222.</ref>
 
*[[David Ranson]] -1990<ref>Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.222.</ref>
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*[[Stella Rimington]] 1990-<ref>Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.222.</ref>
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*[[Stella Rimington]] 1990<ref>Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.222.</ref>-1991<ref>Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.241.</ref>
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*[[John Deverell]] - 1994<ref>Sally Weale and Owen Boycott, CHINOOK DISASTER: COUNTING THE COST OF THE SENIOR FIGURES IN BATTLE AGAINST TERRORISM, ''Guardian'', 4 June 1994.</ref>
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*[[John Alpass]] -1994<ref>Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, p.232.</ref>
 
*[[Julian Hansen]] -1997<ref>Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, p.285.</ref>
 
*[[Julian Hansen]] -1997<ref>Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, p.285.</ref>
 
*Dame [[Eliza Manningham-Buller]] 1997-2002<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page61.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 19 July 2009. </ref>
 
*Dame [[Eliza Manningham-Buller]] 1997-2002<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page61.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 19 July 2009. </ref>
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*[[Fraser Wilson]] c.2003<ref>[http://www.fas.org/irp/world/uk/mi5/index.html Security Service MI5], Federation of American Scientists], archived at the Internet Archive, 9 December 2003. accessed 14 January 2010.</ref> 
 
*[[Jonathan Evans]] 2005-2007<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page60.html Director General], MI5 accessed 19 July 2009. </ref>
 
*[[Jonathan Evans]] 2005-2007<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page60.html Director General], MI5 accessed 19 July 2009. </ref>
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*[[Andrew Parker]] -2013<ref name="BBCParker">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21970091#?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Andrew Parker named as new head of MI5], BBC News, 28 March 2013.</ref>
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*[[Jeremy Fleming]] -2017
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 23:16, 18 March 2017

The Deputy Director General of the Security Service (DDG) is the second most senior officer of the Service, better known as MI5.[1]

Five of the Security Service's seven branches report to the Deputy Director General, including those responsible for domestic and international terrorism.[2]

At times, MI5 has had more than one Deputy Director General. According to Michael Smith, this was the case in the mid-1990s until 1996.[3] One of these posts was known as (DDG) (Operations).[4]

Deputy Directors General

Notes

  1. ↑ Organisation, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
  2. ↑ Organisation, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
  3. ↑ Michael Smith, The Spying Game, Politico's 2003, p.129.
  4. ↑ Julian Faux, CB, MI5 officer, died of cancer on July 6 aged 62. He was born on July 28, 1935, The Times, 23 July 1998.
  5. ↑ Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.227.
  6. ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
  7. ↑ George A. Carver. Jr., The Fifth Man, The Atlantic Monthly, September 1988.
  8. ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
  9. ↑ GREAT BRITAIN: MI5 Indirectly Supports Overview, Intelligence Newsletter, 15 April 1993.
  10. ↑ Anthony Simkins, telegraph.co.uk, 2 Jan 2004.
  11. ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
  12. ↑ Ronald Symonds, The Times, 1 January 1998.
  13. ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
  14. ↑ Cecil Shipp, The Times, 17 September 1988.
  15. ↑ Julian Faux, CB, MI5 officer, died of cancer on July 6 aged 62. He was born on July 28, 1935, The Times, 23 July 1998.
  16. ↑ Julian Faux, CB, MI5 officer, died of cancer on July 6 aged 62. He was born on July 28, 1935, The Times, 23 July 1998.
  17. ↑ Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.222.
  18. ↑ Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.222.
  19. ↑ Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.241.
  20. ↑ Sally Weale and Owen Boycott, CHINOOK DISASTER: COUNTING THE COST OF THE SENIOR FIGURES IN BATTLE AGAINST TERRORISM, Guardian, 4 June 1994.
  21. ↑ Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, p.232.
  22. ↑ Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, p.285.
  23. ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
  24. ↑ Security Service MI5, Federation of American Scientists], archived at the Internet Archive, 9 December 2003. accessed 14 January 2010.
  25. ↑ Director General, MI5 accessed 19 July 2009.
  26. ↑ Andrew Parker named as new head of MI5, BBC News, 28 March 2013.
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