Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service

Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service
Incumbent Nick Warner since March 2009
Appointer	Quentin Bryce
Inaugural holder	Alfred Deakin Brookes
Formation	1952

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 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 Nick Warner AO.^[2]

List of Directors-General

There have been eleven officially-appointed Directors and Directors-General of ASIS since 1952.

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 CBE
1981–1983	John Ryan OBE (acting)
1984–1992	Brigadier Jim Furner CBE
1992–1998	Rex Stevenson AO
1998–2003	Allan Taylor AM
2003–2009	David Irvine AO
2009–	Nick Warner AO

References

↑ ASIS General FAQ, Australian Secret Intelligence Service.
↑ Downer, Alexander: QUESTIONS IN WRITING: Australian Secret Intelligence Service, House Hansard, Parliament of Australia, 28 May 2007.

Australian Intelligence Community
Agencies	Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Australian Secret Intelligence Service Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation Australian Signals Directorate (Australian Cyber Security Centre) Office of National Assessments (to be replaced by proposed Office of National Intelligence) Defence Intelligence Organisation
Coordination	National Security Committee of Cabinet Secretaries Committee on National Security National Intelligence Coordination Committee
Oversight	Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security Independent National Security Legislation Monitor
Related	Australian Federal Police Australian Border Force Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Australian Special Forces

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