John Michael Moten (born 8 December 1933)[1] is an Australian aeronautical engineer. From 1988 to 1992, he was the Director-General of Security, the head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).[2] He was the son of Brigadier Murray Moten, a senior Australian Army officer.[3]
John Moten | |
|---|---|
| 8th Director-General of Security | |
| In office 8 October 1988 – 10 January 1992 | |
| Prime Minister | Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | Alan Wrigley |
| Succeeded by | David Sadleir |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Michael Moten 8 December 1933 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Relations | Murray Moten (father) |
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide University of Sydney |
| Occupation | Aeronautical engineer |
Moten was not a career intelligence officer. He had worked at the Department of Defence, where he was Deputy Secretary of the Strategic and Intelligence Section when he accepted the position of ASIO's Director-General. He retired in January 1992, three years into his five-year term. The reasons for his early retirement were never given.[4]
References edit
- ^ Who's Who in Australia. Colorgravure Publications. 2006.
- ^ Biographical cuttings on John Michael Moten, aeronautical engineer appointed Director-General of ASIO 1988, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals, National Library of Australia.
- ^ R. Sutton, 'Moten, Murray John (1899–1953)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 15, Melbourne University Press, 2000, pp 429–430
- ^ Cain, Frank (1993). "The right to know: ASIO, historians and the Australian Parliament". Intelligence and National Security. 8 (1). Taylor & Francis: 87–101. doi:10.1080/02684529308432193.