{"id":7684,"date":"2025-06-16T15:56:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/republicanstradetoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/uk-to-get-first-female-spy-chief\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T15:56:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:56:53","slug":"uk-to-get-first-female-spy-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/republicanstradetoday.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. Blaise Metreweli will take up the position of Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service in the fall. 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