David Irvine

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Person.png David Irvine  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
David Irvine DGS ASIO.jpg
Portrait of David Irvine from the ASIO website
Born10 January 1947
Member ofAustralian Institute of International Affairs, Institute for Regional Security

David Irvine also known as "Irvinsky", is the 12th Director-General of Security proceeded by Duncan Lewis.

Early Years

David irvine was born in Perth, Western Australia where he attended Hale High school and the University of Western Australia with honors in Elizabethan history and a Bachelor of Arts degree. Prior to his first government position with the department of external affairs, he was a journalist[1].

Diplomatic Career

After joining the Australian Foreign League service in 1970 he was posted to Rome, Jakata, Beijing and Port Moresby. It was in Bejing, he developed a friendship with Kevin Rudd whom made Irvine a Godfather of his son, Nick[2]. From 1996-1999 he was a high commissioner to Papua New Guinea [3]. During his post to Papua New Guinea, the largest political scandal broke out defined as the "Sandline mercenary affair". At the peak of his diplomatic career, he secured a long term $25 billion liquified gas project contract with Dr Chau Chak [4]. Dr Chau Chak became mysteriously wealthy after joining the Communist Party in China[5].

ASIS

On the 1st of March 2003, Irvine became the director general of ASIS.

References

  1. Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea Australian government website archive - 9 December 1995.
  2. Law Enforcers, no. 8 David Irvine Matthew Knott Wednesday, 28 September 2011 [1]
  3. Department of Management Ethical and Moral Leadership
  4. Puppet-master now pulling the strings at ASIS, the age. Febuary 20 2003 [2]
  5. Behind the mysterious Dr Chau Date July 4, 2009 http://www.smh.com.au/national/behind-the-mysterious-dr-chau-20090703-d7si.html]