John Moten

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
(1933-12-08) 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)[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]

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

  1. ↑ Who's Who in Australia. Colorgravure Publications. 2006.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ R. Sutton, 'Moten, Murray John (1899–1953)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 15, Melbourne University Press, 2000, pp 429–430
  4. ↑ Cain, Frank (1993). "The right to know: ASIO, historians and the Australian Parliament". Intelligence and National Security. Taylor & Francis. 8 (1): 87–101. doi:10.1080/02684529308432193.
Government offices
Preceded by
Alan Wrigley		 Director-General of Security
1988–1992 		Succeeded by
David Sadleir
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