Deputy Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
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 Deputy Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service  | |
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| Type | job |
In contrast to the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, the deputy chief of MI6 is not named. One was appointed around July 2003.[1]
Office Holders on Wikispooks
| Name | From | To | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Allen | 2003 | 2004 | Dates highly uncertain, but cited as deputy chief when Abdul-Hakim Belhaj was kidnapped from Malaysia in March 2004.<a href="#cite_note-c4t-1">[1]</a> |
| Gerry Warner | 1990 | 1991 | Was Deputy Chief for this whole time, but at some point between 1990 and February 1998. He probably left the service when he became Co-ordinator for Intelligence and Security. |
| Christopher Curwen | 1980 | 1985 | |
| Colin Figures | 1979 | July 1981 | |
| Dick Franks | 1977 | 1978 | |
| Peter Hayman | 1973 | 1978 | These dates are uncertain, as are the circumstances regarding his departure. In 1978 a dossier of child pornography was found on a bus, later linked by police to Hayman. |
| Maurice Oldfield | 1967 | 1973 | |
| John Macgregor Bruce Lockhart | 1961 | 1965 | |
| George Kennedy Young | 1958 | 1961 | Reportedly resigned due to dissatisfaction with the MacMillan government. The start date is speculative, but matches the departure of James Easton. |
| James Easton | 1951 | 1958 | |
| Edward Beddington-Behrens | 6 March 1943 | 1944 | Deputy Director/Army (DD/A) |
| Lionel Payne | 6 March 1943 | 1945 | Deputy Director/Air. |
| John Cordeaux | 6 March 1943 | 1945 | Deputy Director/Navy |
| Valentine Vivian | 1942 | 1948 | Sole holder of this position until 1943, after which time it was shared. The start and end dates of this posting are conjectured. |
| Stewart Menzies | 1929 | 3 November 1939 |
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