Richard Moore | |
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Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service | |
Assumed office 1 October 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Sir Alex Younger |
Succeeded by | Blaise Metreweli (Designate)[1] |
Director General, Political at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | |
In office April 2018 – 30 September 2020 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Karen Pierce |
Succeeded by | Sir Tim Barrow |
British Ambassador to Turkey | |
In office January 2014 – December 2017 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | David Reddaway |
Succeeded by | Dominick Chilcott |
Personal details | |
Born | Tripoli, Kingdom of Libya | 9 May 1963
Spouse |
Maggie Martin (m. 1985) |
Children | 2 |
Education | Worcester College, Oxford (BA) Harvard University |
Website | X Profile |
On 16 June 2025, Moore stated that Blaise Metreweli would take over the role of Chief of MI6 from 1 October 2025.[1] | |
Sir Richard Peter Moore KCMG (born 9 May 1963) is a British civil servant, currently chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and formerly Director General for Political Affairs, at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office,[2][3][4] and previously the British ambassador to Turkey.[2]
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