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<i>Not to be confused with [[John Jones (lawyer)]], a lawyer for [[Wikileaks]].</i>
Sir [[John Jones]] was head of the British [[Security Service]] (MI5) from 1981 to 1985.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref>
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Jones served as an officer in the Royal Artillery and a civil servant in pre-independence Sudan before joining the Security Service in 1955. He became Deputy Director General in 1976 and Director General in 1981.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref>
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*Namebase: [http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Jones,+John+Lewis Jones John Lewis]
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==Career==
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Jones was an officer in the Royal Artillery and a civil servant in pre-independence [[Sudan]] before joining the Security Service in 1955. He became Deputy Director General in 1976 and Director General in 1981.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 09:18, 11 April 2024

Not to be confused with John Jones (lawyer), a lawyer for Wikileaks.

Person.png John Jones  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Spook, Civil servant)
John jones.jpg
Born17 February 1923
Easington, County Durham
Died1998-03-09 (Age 75)
Boston, Lincolnshire
NationalityBritish
Alma materChrist's College (Cambridge)

Career

Jones was an officer in the Royal Artillery and a civil servant in pre-independence Sudan before joining the Security Service in 1955. He became Deputy Director General in 1976 and Director General in 1981.[1]

References

  1. Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.

 

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