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David Marshall Sadleir (born 20 February 1936) is an Australian business consultant and former diplomat and ambassador, who was
Director-General of Security The Director-General of Security is the executive officer of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), Australia's national security agency. The Director-General, through ASIO, has overall responsibility for the protection of th ...
(head of the intelligence agency
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) from 1992 to 1996.


Early life

Sadleir was born in Dehradun,
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. He settled in Australia in 1949, and attended
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and the
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where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours.''Who's Who in Australia 2014'', ConnectWeb, 2013.


Diplomatic and intelligence career

Sadleir joined the Australian
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in 1958. He was an advisor to the Australian delegations to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and was posted in Tokyo and Washington DC as Assistant Secretary of the department's North Asia branch. From 1977 to 1981, he was Deputy Director-General of the
Office of National Assessments The Office of National Assessments (ONA) was an Australian statutory intelligence agency established by the ''Office of National Assessments Act 1977'' as an independent statutory body directly accountable to the Prime Minister of Australia as ...
, an intelligence agency reporting to the Prime Minister of Australia, under Director-General Robert Furlonger. He was a
Permanent Representative to the United Nations A permanent representative to the United Nations (sometimes called a "UN ambassador")"History of Ambassadors", United States Mission to the United Nations, March 2011, webpagUSUN-a. is the head of a country's diplomatic mission to the United Nat ...
and other international organisations in Geneva from 1981 to 1984. In 1988, Sadleir was Australian Ambassador to China for a three-year term until 1991, when he became Australian Ambassador to Belgium/Luxembourg and the European Communities. In 1992, Sadleir was appointed
Director-General of Security The Director-General of Security is the executive officer of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), Australia's national security agency. The Director-General, through ASIO, has overall responsibility for the protection of th ...
, the head of the
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.Report to Parliament 1995-96
, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, 2 December 1996.


Consultancy career

Since leaving ASIO in October 1996, Sadleir founded a business and security consultancy company called David Sadleir and Associates. In 1998, he conducted a review of Australia's entry control arrangements, in particular the Movement Alert List (MAL).Management of the Movement Alert List
, Australian National Audit Office, 2009.


Honours

Sadleir was made an Officer of the
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(AO) in the 1991 Australia Day Honours, for services to international relations.SADLEIR, David Marshall
''It's an Honour'', 26 January 1991.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sadleir, David 1936 births Living people Ambassadors of Australia to China Ambassadors of Australia to Belgium Ambassadors of Australia to the European Union Permanent Representatives of Australia to the United Nations Office in Geneva Directors-General of Security Officers of the Order of Australia University of Western Australia alumni