The British government on Sunday appointed the Blez Metrolee as the first woman in the country to serve as the head of the UK foreign Spy Service MI6.
But even though she is the first woman to lead the agency, Britain – and the world – women have played a long role in spying.
So who is the Metrolee, the Boss of Mi of – known as “C” – and who are some other female spies on the field?
Who is the Blaz Matriculi?
The 47 -year -old Matriculi is a career intelligence officer. Until her appointment as MI6, she was the Director General of Technology and Innovative, known as “Q”.
In 1999 1999 in, she joined MI6 as a case officer and then took many roles. According to the United Kingdom Media, she has worked for agency in Europe and Middle East and spoke Arabic.
In the past, she has also worked in Britain’s home intelligence agency MI5.
She studied anthropology at Pembrok College in Cambridge University.
What is the role of M16 Chief?
The main thing is that the MI 6 staff is the only public -nominated members and reports directly to the British Foreign Secretary, which is currently with David Lammy.
The M16 was founded in 1909 and collected foreign intelligence to understand the threats and opportunities for the UK and its foreign interests.
The agency also works with other British intelligence services, including MI5 and Government Communication Headquarters (GCACK), which focuses on intercept and analysis of electronic signals and also works on cyberusurity. MI 6 also works on the main partnerships such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK and United States.
The Metruly MI6 will be the 18th C. She is going to replace Richard Moore, who has led the agency for the last five years.
Reacting to the appointment of Metrolee, Moore said: “My colleague, Blez Metroly’s historic appointment, succeeded in being ‘C’. Blaz is a highly skilled intelligence officer and leader and our leading thinker on technology.”
In 2021, Moore said that China had the greatest priority for M16. Recently, the UK Prime Minister Kerry Starr insisted that Russia was in danger to Europe. While Declaration At the beginning of this month, the starrer said in the protection infrastructure: “We are dangerous, quick and more unpredictable than any time after the Cold War.”
Green ink and Codename: Why is the head called ‘C’?
One of the common misconceptions is that C is the main thing. The chiefs are actually called C, because the Naval Officer Mansfield Smith-Kaming became the first head in 1909. C. Signed his name as C. This practice is stuck, the outgoing Sea told the BBC Radio 4 in 2021.
Another immortal practice in the intelligence service is that C writes physically and digitally in the green ink, because Moore does this. “I know that anyone gets a letter in Green Inc., it comes from me and this is the same about the types script on my computer,” Moore said.
Who are some of the other female intelligence heads in the UK and other countries?
969. After working in different roles in the service from SINC, Judy Dent became the first Women’s Director General of Rimington Real MI5 three years ago to play the role of the first female boss in the James Bond film of James Bond.
In 2, Eliza Manningham-Buller became the Director General of MI5 after working for service since 1974.
Annie Kirt-Baller is currently leading the GCQ. In the past, she was the Deputy Director of M15.
In the US, Basil gabard Currently serves as the Director of National Intelligence for the President Donald Trump?? Her predecessor was also a woman under the leadership of former US President Joe Biden, Avrill heels??
Jina Hospital was the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2018 to 2021. In Australia, the Kerry Heartland Foreign Intelligence Agency, leads the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS).
What about other female spies?
Particularly in the World War II, women played a significant role in spying.
Renowned sponsor for British Special Operations Executive (SOE) included Noor Inayat Khan, Violet Szbo and Christina Scarbeck.
In her childhood, spending time in France and speaking fluently in French, Szbo was on the mission in France when she was caught by the Nazi and hanged the concentration in the camp.
Inayat Khan was a radio operator sent to Nazi-Vaizi-France, where she was arrested by a Guestop of Nazi Germany’s secret police service and hanged him. Christine Granwale, known by her codenam, was a Polish SOE agent, conducted a mission in the Nazi-Wasted Europe and caught German twice.
In World War II, American Spy Virginia Hall removed the guestopo, organized a group of agents, recruited French residents for safe homes and assisted the prisoners of war.
British citizen Melita Norwood was one of the longest serving spies for the Soviet Union, serving for almost four decades of the World War, through the Cold War. She informed the Soviet Union about the British nuclear weapons program. In the second half of 1990 1990, she was able to confirm that British intelligence was only intelligence for a long time. She died at the age of 93 in 2005.
