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'''Dame Stella Rimmington''' joined [[MI5]] and was reportedly "[[Deputy Director General of MI5|Senior Deputy Director General]]" from 1990<ref>Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.222.</ref>-1991/1992<ref>http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Spy-Chiefs.htm</ref><ref>Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.241.</ref> and [[Director General of MI5]] from 1992-1995. | '''Dame Stella Rimmington''' joined [[MI5]] and was reportedly "[[Deputy Director General of MI5|Senior Deputy Director General]]" from 1990<ref>Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.222.</ref>-1991/1992<ref>http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Spy-Chiefs.htm</ref><ref>Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.241.</ref> and [[Director General of MI5]] from 1992-1995. | ||
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| Born | 13 May 1935 South London, England, UK | |||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh | |||||||||||
| Spouse | John Rimington | |||||||||||
| Member of | Trilateral Commission | |||||||||||
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Dame Stella Rimmington joined MI5 and was reportedly "Senior Deputy Director General" from 1990[7]-1991/1992[8][9] and Director General of MI5 from 1992-1995.
Career
Rimington has defended MI5's surveillance of left-wing groups, commenting that
“Well all I can say is that Communist and Trotskyist organisations, by their philosophy, their published aims, would have fallen within the definition of subversion.”
Stella Rimington [10]
As Director General Rimington disbanded a specialist section of G7 responsible for "Islamic terrorism" in 1994 against the protests of experienced counter-terrorist officers[Who?].[11]
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