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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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*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>
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*[[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>
 
*Sir [[Roger Hollis]] 1953-1956<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page61.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 19 July 2009. </ref>
 
*Sir [[Roger Hollis]] 1953-1956<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page61.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 19 July 2009. </ref>
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*[[Anthony Simkins]] 1965-1971<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1450717/Anthony-Simkins.html Anthony Simkins], telegraph.co.uk, 2 Jan 2004.</ref>
 
*Sir [[Michael Hanley]] 1971-1972<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page61.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 19 July 2009. </ref>
 
*Sir [[Michael Hanley]] 1971-1972<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>
 
*Sir [[John Jones]] 1976-1981<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page61.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 19 July 2009. </ref>
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*[[Cecil Shipp]] 1982-1986 or 88<ref>Cecil Shipp, The Times, 17 September 1988.</ref>
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*[[Patrick Walker]] -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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*[[Julian Faux]] 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 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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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]

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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. ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
  5. ↑ George A. Carver. Jr., The Fifth Man, The Atlantic Monthly, September 1988.
  6. ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
  7. ↑ Anthony Simkins, telegraph.co.uk, 2 Jan 2004.
  8. ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
  9. ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
  10. ↑ Cecil Shipp, The Times, 17 September 1988.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, p.285.
  14. ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 19 July 2009.
  15. ↑ Director General, MI5 accessed 19 July 2009.
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