Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service

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.

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 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.

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