John Moten | |
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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 |
Nationality | Australian |
Relations | Murray Moten (father) |
Alma mater |
University of Adelaide University of Sydney |
Occupation | Aeronautical engineer |
John Michael Moten (born 8 December 1933) 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). He was the son of Brigadier Murray Moten, a senior Australian Army officer.
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.