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British civil servant, Director General of MI5 from 2007 to 2013 ; member of the House of Lords from 2014
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Jonathan Douglas Evans, Baron Evans of Weardale, is a British life peer who formerly served as the Director General of the British Security Service, the United Kingdom's domestic security and counter-intelligence service. He took over the role on the retirement of his predecessor Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller on 21 April 2007. Evans was succeeded by Andrew Parker on 22 April 2013. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Crown Nominations Commission.
