MI5/Director General
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 MI5/Director General  | |
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| Start | 1 November 1903 |
| Leader of | Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre |
| Deputy | Deputy Director General of MI5 |
| Leader of the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre. Boss of the MI5/Deputy Director General. | |
The Director General of MI5 is in charge of MI5. Until 1993 their identities were a UK state secret.[1] The DG is assisted by the Deputy Director General of MI5 and Assistant Director General of MI5.
Office Holders on Wikispooks
| Name | From | To | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken McCallum | 30 April 2020 | ||
| Andrew Parker | 22 April 2013 | April 2020 | |
| Jeremy Fleming | 22 April 2013 | 20 March 2017 | |
| Jonathan Evans | 20 April 2007 | 22 April 2013 | |
| Eliza Manningham-Buller | October 2002 | 20 April 2007 | |
| Stephen Lander | 1996 | October 2002 | Le Cercle |
| Stella Rimington | 1992 | 1996 | |
| Patrick Walker | 1 January 1988 | February 1992 | |
| Antony Duff | March 1985 | 31 December 1987 | |
| John Jones | 1981 | March 1985 | |
| Howard Smith | 1978 | 1981 | |
| Michael Hanley | 1972 | 1978 | |
| Martin Furnival Jones | December 1965 | 1972 | |
| Roger Hollis | May 1956 | December 1965 | He was suspected of being a Soviet agent. |
| Dick White | November 1953 | May 1956 | |
| Percy Sillitoe | May 1946 | November 1953 | A highly reputed policeman who was brought in as an outsider to regularise MI5. |
| David Petrie | April 1941 | May 1946 | |
| Oswald Allen Harker | June 1940 | April 1941 | Reportedly ineffective. |
| Vernon Kell | 1909 | 10 June 1940 | Sacked by Winston Churchill. |
| William Melville | 1 November 1903 | 1909 |
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