Director General of MI5
The Director General of the Security Service is the head of the Security Service, 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.
The present Director General is Andrew Parker, who has held the role since April 2013.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, 1988–1991
- Dame Stella Rimington, 1992–1996
- Sir Stephen Lander, 1996–2002
- Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, 2002–2007
- The Lord Evans of Weardale, 2007–2013
- Sir Andrew Parker, 2013–2020
- Ken McCallum, from April 2020
