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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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==Deputy Directors General==
 
*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]

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. 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.