The Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service is the executive officer of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service

Australian Secret Intelligence Service

The Australian Secret Intelligence Service is the Australian government intelligence agency responsible for collecting foreign intelligence, undertaking counter-intelligence activities and cooperation with other intelligence agencies overseas...

 (ASIS), Australia's foreign intelligence agency.

The Director-General is directly responsible to the Minister for Foreign Affairs

Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)

In the Government of Australia, the Minister for Foreign Affairs is responsible for overseeing the international diplomacy section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In common with international practice, the office is often informally referred to as Foreign Minister...

 (currently Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd

Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010...

), and regularly meets with the Minister to brief them on ASIS activities.

List of Directors-General

There have been eleven officially-appointed Directors and Directors-General of ASIS since 1952. The current Director is Nick Warner

Nick Warner

Nicholas Peter "Nick" Warner AO PSM is an Australian diplomat and public servant, who is the current Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service . From December 2006 to August 2009, he was the Secretary of the Australian Department of Defence...

 AO

Order of Australia

The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...

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Tenure	Name
1952–1957	Alfred Brookes Alfred Deakin Brookes Alfred Deakin Brookes was the first head of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, the intelligence agency of the Australian government that collects foreign intelligence. He was appointed in 1952 by Robert Menzies the prime minister at that time...
1957–1960	Ralph Harry
1960–1968	Major General Walter Cawthorn Walter Joseph Cawthorn Major-General Sir Walter Joseph Cawthorn CBE CIE CB was an Australian soldier and diplomat, commonly known as a former head of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service . Cawthorn was born in the suburb of Prahran in Melbourne...
1968–1975	Bill Robertson OBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...  MC Military Cross The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....
1975–1981	Ian Kennison
1981–1983	John Ryan
1984–1992	Brigadier Jim Furner CBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
1992–1998	Rex Stevenson AO Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
1998–2003	Allan Taylor Allan Taylor (diplomat) Allan Robert Taylor AM was an Australian diplomat, who was Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service from 1998 to 2003.-Early life and education:...  AM Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
2003–2009	David Irvine David Irvine (diplomat) David Taylor Irvine AO is an Australian diplomat, and since March 2009 has been the current Director-General of Security...  AO Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
2009–present	Nick Warner Nick Warner Nicholas Peter "Nick" Warner AO PSM is an Australian diplomat and public servant, who is the current Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service . From December 2006 to August 2009, he was the Secretary of the Australian Department of Defence...  AO Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...