John Moten
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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.
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| Preceded byAlan Wrigley | Director-General of Security 1988–1992 | Succeeded byDavid Sadleir |