Director General of MI5

__NOTOC__

The Director General of the Security Service is the head of the Security Service (commonly known as MI5), the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security agency. The director general is assisted by a deputy director general and an assistant director general, and reports to the home secretary, although the Security Service is not formally part of the Home Office.

List of directors general Directors General have been: Maj Gen Sir Vernon Kell, 1909–1940 Brigadier 'Jasper' Harker, Acting, June 1940 – April 1941 Sir David Petrie, 1941–1946 Sir Percy Sillitoe, 1946–1953 Sir Dick White, 1953–1956 Sir Roger Hollis, 1956–1965 Sir Martin Furnival Jones, 1965–1972 Sir Michael Hanley, 1972–1978 Sir Howard Smith, 1978–1981 Sir John Jones, 1981–1985 Sir Antony Duff, 1985–1988 Sir Patrick Walker, 1988–1992 Dame Stella Rimington, 1992–1996 Sir Stephen Lander, 1996–2002 Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, 2002–2007 Sir Jonathan Evans, 2007–2013 Sir Andrew Parker, 2013–2020 Sir Ken McCallum, from 2020

See also Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service Director of the Government Communications Headquarters

References

External links List of Directors General on the MI5 website