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*[[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> | ||
*[[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> | *[[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> | ||
| + | *[[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> | ||
Revision as of 17:19, 14 January 2011
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 (DD) (Operations).[4]
Deputy Directors General
- Brigadier Oswald Allen Harker 1941-1946[5]
- Guy Liddell 1947-1952.[6]
- Sir Roger Hollis 1953-1956[7]
- Graham Mitchell 1956-63.[8]
- Anthony Simkins 1965-1971[9]
- Sir Michael Hanley 1971-1972[10]
- Ronald Symonds 1972-1976.[11]
- Sir John Jones 1976-1981[12]
- Cecil Shipp 1982-1986 or 88[13]
- Patrick Walker DDG (Operations)- Circa 1987/88[14]
- Julian Faux DDG (Operations) 1988-1993.[15]
- David Ranson -1990[16]
- Stella Rimington 1990[17]-1991[18]
- John Alpass -1994[19]
- Julian Hansen -1997[20]
- Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller 1997-2002[21]
- Jonathan Evans 2005-2007[22]
Notes
- ↑ Organisation, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
- ↑ Organisation, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
- ↑ Michael Smith, The Spying Game, Politico's 2003, p.129.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
- ↑ George A. Carver. Jr., The Fifth Man, The Atlantic Monthly, September 1988.
- ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
- ↑ GREAT BRITAIN: MI5 Indirectly Supports Overview, Intelligence Newsletter, 15 April 1993.
- ↑ Anthony Simkins, telegraph.co.uk, 2 Jan 2004.
- ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
- ↑ Ronald Symonds, The Times, 1 January 1998.
- ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
- ↑ Cecil Shipp, The Times, 17 September 1988.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.222.
- ↑ Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.222.
- ↑ Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.241.
- ↑ Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, p.232.
- ↑ Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, p.285.
- ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
- ↑ Director General, MI5 accessed 19 July 2009.