Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service
- Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service
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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 is directly responsible to the Minister for Foreign Affairs (currently Kevin Rudd), and regularly meets with the Minister to brief them on ASIS activities.[1]
List of Directors-General
There have been eleven officially-appointed Directors and Directors-General of ASIS since 1952. The current Director is Nick Warner AO.[2]
| Tenure |
Name |
| 1952–1957 |
Alfred Brookes |
| 1957–1960 |
Ralph Harry |
| 1960–1968 |
Major General Walter Cawthorn |
| 1968–1975 |
Bill Robertson OBE MC |
| 1975–1981 |
Ian Kennison |
| 1981–1983 |
John Ryan |
| 1984–1992 |
Brigadier Jim Furner CBE |
| 1992–1998 |
Rex Stevenson AO |
| 1998–2003 |
Allan Taylor AM |
| 2003–2009 |
David Irvine AO |
| 2009–present |
Nick Warner AO |
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