Patrick Walker (MI5 officer)

Sir Patrick Walker
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service	MI5
Active	1963-1992
Rank	Director-General of MI5
Award(s)	KCB
Nationality	British
Occupation	Intelligence officer, Civil servant
Alma mater	Trinity College, Oxford

Sir Patrick Jeremy Walker, KCB was director general (DG) of MI5, the United Kingdom's internal security service, from 1988 to 1992.

Career

An Oxford graduate, Walker was the first D-G to be a Roman Catholic. The son of the chief accountant of the East African Railways, Walker educated at the King's School, Canterbury & Trinity College, Oxford. joined MI5 from the Ugandan Civil Service Colonial Service in 1963.^[1] He was Director-General of MI5 from 1988 to 1992.^[2]

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