| 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 |
| Died | 9 July 2022(2022-07-09) (aged 88) Canberra, ACT |
| Relations | Murray Moten (father) |
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide University of Sydney |
| Occupation | Aeronautical engineer |
John Michael Moten (8 December 1933 – 9 July 2022) was 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.
He died on 9 July 2022, aged 94.
References
- 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.
- Canberra Times, Obituaries
| Government offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byAlan Wrigley | Director-General of Security 1988–1992 |
Succeeded byDavid Sadleir |