Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service

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Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service
Incumbent
Paul Symon
since 18 December 2017
AppointerGovernor-General of Australia
Inaugural holderAlfred Deakin Brookes
Formation1952

The Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service is the executive officer of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS), Australia's foreign intelligence agency.

The Director-General of ASIS is directly responsible to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and regularly meets with the Minister to brief them on ASIS activities.[1] The current director is Paul Symon AO.[2]

List of directors-general[]

There have been eleven officially-appointed Directors and Directors-General of ASIS since 1952.

Tenure Name
1952–1957 Alfred Brookes
1957–1960 Ralph Harry, OBE
1960–1968 Major General Sir Walter Cawthorn, CB, CIE, CBE
1968–1975 Bill Robertson, OBE, MC
1975–1981 Ian Kennison, CBE
1981–1983 John Ryan, OBE (acting)
1984–1992 Brigadier Jim Furner, CBE
1992–1998 Rex Stevenson, AO
1998–2003 Allan Taylor, AM
2003–2009 David Irvine, AO
2009–2017 Nick Warner, AO, PSM
2017–present Major General Paul Symon, AO

References[]

  1. ^ ASIS General FAQ, Australian Secret Intelligence Service.
  2. ^ "Shake up in intelligence". PS News. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
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