Patrick Walker (MI5 officer)

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

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 DG to be a Roman Catholic. The son of the chief accountant of the East African Railways, Walker was educated at the King's School, Canterbury and Trinity College, Oxford. He joined MI5 from the Ugandan Civil Service Colonial Service in 1963.[1] He was Director General of MI5 from 1988 to 1992.[2] While working at the security service and before his promotion, he was head of the counter-terrorism department.[3] He then went on to oversee the whole of MI5 during the end of the Cold War.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The Defence of the Realm, by Christopher Andrew, Page 560, Published by Allen Lane, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7139-9885-6
  2. ↑ Andrew, Page 853
  3. 1 2 "Sir Patrick Walker (Director General 1987–92)". MI5. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
Government offices
Preceded by
Sir Anthony Duff		 Director General of MI5
1988–1991		 Succeeded by
Stella Rimington
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