John Adye

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For the 19th century British General, see John Miller Adye.

Sir John Anthony Adye KCMG (born 24 October 1939) is a former Director of the British signals intelligence agency, GCHQ, a post he held from 1989 to 1996.

Career

Educated at Leighton Park School and Lincoln College, Oxford,^[1] Adye joined GCHQ in the mid-1960s becoming Director in 1989. He then served until 2002 as the chair of the Country Houses Association.^[2] In 2005 he was appointed to the board of the US National Biometric Security Project.^[2]

Adye was a witness in February 2008 at the inquest into the death of Diana Princess of Wales: in an unprecedented move (normal policy is neither to confirm nor deny operational activities), he strenuously denied that GCHQ had any involvement in either the Camillagate or Squidgygate tapes.^[3]

References

↑ Burke's Peerage
↑ 2.0 2.1 National Biometric Security Project
↑ Diana's calls 'not bugged by GCHQ' Metro, 28 February 2008

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Peter Marychurch	Director of GCHQ 1989 - 1996	Succeeded by Sir David Omand

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Name	Adye, John
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Short description	Director of the Government Communications Headquarters
Date of birth	24 October 1939
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