{"id":9015,"date":"2025-06-16T12:23:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/uk-to-get-first-female-spy-chief\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T12:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:23:47","slug":"uk-to-get-first-female-spy-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/uk-to-get-first-female-spy-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"UK to get first female spy chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbxrmfwl00a726p1979n2wiz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Britain\u2019s foreign intelligence service, MI6, will be led by a woman for the first time in its history, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbxrogdz00063b6mdogy8syl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Blaise Metreweli will take up the position of Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service in the fall. She is currently head of the service\u2019s technology and innovation teams, a position immortalized as \u201cQ\u201d in the James Bond movies.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbxroj9700093b6ms1un56m2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            It was revealed in 2017 that \u201cQ\u201d was a woman \u2013 but Metreweli was not named at the time.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbxrmk9900003b6mqlss0365@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Metreweli, a graduate of Oxford University, has previously held senior positions in both the domestic and foreign intelligence services.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbxrp2h1000c3b6mxbgye6rr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Starmer described the appointment as \u201chistoric.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbxrq8b3000f3b6m648u5ro6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cI know Blaise will continue to provide the excellent leadership needed to defend our county and keep our people safe,\u201d he said in a statement.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbxrqzsp000i3b6mqy7ed1kp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Metreweli said she was \u201cproud and honored\u201d to be appointed to the role.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain\u2019s foreign intelligence service, MI6, will be led by a woman for the first time in its history, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced. 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