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Director-General of the BBC

The director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation is chief executive and (from 1994) editor-in-chief of the BBC.

The post-holder was formerly appointed by the Board of Governors of the BBC (for the period 1927 to 2007) and then the BBC Trust (from 2007 to 2017). Since 2017 the director-general has been appointed by the BBC Board.

To date, 17 individuals have been appointed director-general, plus an additional two who were appointed in an acting capacity only. The current director-general is Tim Davie, who succeeded Tony Hall on 1 September 2020.[1]

List of directors-general

Italics indicate that the individual was temporarily appointed as acting director-general.[9]

  1. ^ Ordered to resign by BBC Governors.[5]
  2. ^ a b Temporarily appointed as acting director-general

References

  1. ^ a b "Tim Davie: BBC executive named director general". 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  2. ^ "London Gazette, 1 January 1927".
  3. ^ "London Gazette, 29 October 1940".
  4. ^ "No. 44794". The London Gazette. 21 February 1969. p. 1995.
  5. ^ "Head of BBC Quits, Ending Stormy Tenure". The New York Times. AP. 30 January 1987. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Honours and Awards". London Gazette. 14 September 1999.
  7. ^ Plunkett, John (25 January 2013). "BBC director general Lord Hall to take charge on 2 April". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Lord Hall to step down as BBC's director general". BBC News. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Directors-General". bbc.com. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

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