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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> | *[[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> | ||
| − | *[[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 | + | *[[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 |
| + | *[[Jeremy Fleming]] -2017 | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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
- Sir Eric Holt-Wilson -1940[5]
- Brigadier Oswald Allen Harker 1941-1946[6]
- Guy Liddell 1947-1952.[7]
- Sir Roger Hollis 1953-1956[8]
- Graham Mitchell 1956-63.[9]
- Anthony Simkins 1965-1971[10]
- Sir Michael Hanley 1971-1972[11]
- Ronald Symonds 1972-1976.[12]
- Sir John Jones 1976-1981[13]
- Cecil Shipp 1982-1986 or 88[14]
- Patrick Walker DDG (Operations)- Circa 1987/88[15]
- Julian Faux DDG (Operations) 1988-1993.[16]
- David Ranson -1990[17]
- Stella Rimington 1990[18]-1991[19]
- John Deverell - 1994[20]
- John Alpass -1994[21]
- Julian Hansen -1997[22]
- Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller 1997-2002[23]
- Fraser Wilson c.2003[24]
- Jonathan Evans 2005-2007[25]
- Andrew Parker -2013<ref name="BBCParker">Andrew Parker named as new head of MI5, BBC News, 28 March 2013.</ref
- Jeremy Fleming -2017
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.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.227.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Sally Weale and Owen Boycott, CHINOOK DISASTER: COUNTING THE COST OF THE SENIOR FIGURES IN BATTLE AGAINST TERRORISM, Guardian, 4 June 1994.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Security Service MI5, Federation of American Scientists], archived at the Internet Archive, 9 December 2003. accessed 14 January 2010.
- ↑ Director General, MI5 accessed 19 July 2009.
