Constantine Metreweli
 Constantine Metreweli    ( physician) | |
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| Born | Constantine Dobrowolski 1943 |
| Children |  Blaise Metreweli |
Father of Blaise Metreweli the next head of MI6 | |
Constantine Metreweli was born Constantine Dobrowolski, the son of Nazi collaborator Konstantin Dobrowolski, in Snovsk in the Nazi-occupied Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1943. He came to England with his mother, Varvara (anglicised to Barbara) Dobrowolski, after the Second World War where she married a new partner, Georgian-born David Metreweli, in Yorkshire in 1947.[1] He took the surname Metreweli from his stepfather. He is the father of Blaise Metreweli who, in June 2025, was appointed to be the next head of the Secret Intelligence Service.[2]
Physician
Metreweli became a physician and a professor in radiology, and was chair of diagnostic radiology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He also trained in the British Army, and did a medical residency in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 1985.
Educated in England
In 1999, he was quoted as saying that he "owes everything to his parents and English education."[3]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:In a plot twist worthy of John le Carré we reveal the grandfather of the brilliant new head of MI6 was a Nazi spy chief | Article | 28 June 2025 | Andy Jehring Vazha Tavberidze | Konstantin Dobrowolski boasted to German commanders of ‘personally’ taking part ‘in the extermination of the Jews’. In 1943, Dobrowolski got safe passage from the Nazis for his wife Barbara and their two-month-old son, also named Constantine, to flee west towards Germany. While Dobrowolski’s fate is unknown, his wife and their son made it to Britain, where she married a new partner, Georgian-born David Metreweli, in Yorkshire in 1947. |
References
- ↑ "New MI6 head's family history makes her more qualified for role, says Foreign Office after Nazi grandfather revelation"
- ↑ Document:In a plot twist worthy of John le Carré we reveal the grandfather of the brilliant new head of MI6 was a Nazi spy chief
- ↑ "Oxfam Trailwalker: 75-year-old to become the oldest runner 33 years after he first ran the 100km"
