Andrew Parker

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Person.png Andrew Parker  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Andrew Parker.jpg
Born1962
Member ofAustralian Institute of International Affairs, Banned from Russia 2015, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies

Employment.png Director General of MI5

In office
April 2013 - Present
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Employment.png Director of Global Counter-terrorism

In office
September 1, 2001 - ?

Official Narrative

Parker was educated at Churchill College, Cambridge where he studied Natural Sciences.[1] He joined the Security Service in 1983.[2] He was seconded to HM Customs and Excise as Director Intelligence in 1999 before becoming Director, International Terrorism at the Security Service in February 2005.[3] After leading the Security Service's response to the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, he became Deputy Director-General in 2007.[2] He went on to become Director-General of the Service in April 2013.[4]

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References

  1. "Meet the real-life spymaster: Andrew Parker announced as new director general of MI5". The Independent. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  2. a b "Andrew Parker named as new head of MI5". BBC. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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