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Name	David Taylor Irvine
Born	10 January, 1947 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died	30 March, 2022 (aged 75) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Education *	Hale School (Wembly Downs, WA) (student, 1959-1963) University of Western Australia (student, 1964-1967)
Occupation or Descriptor *	diplomat (1970-2014) Federal, Australia public servant (1970-2003) Federal, Australia high commissioner (1996-1999) Federal, Australia ambassador (2000-2003) Federal, Australia
Awards	Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2005)
Key Organisations *	Cyber Security Co-operative Research Centre (chair, ?-2022) Foreign Investment Review Board (chair, 2017-2022)
Workplaces *	Dept of Foreign Affairs (federal) (diplomat, 1970-2003) Australian Secret Intelligence Service (head, 2003-2009) ASIO (head, 2009-2014)

* Dates are approximate

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