Richard Moore (diplomat)

Richard Moore
Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
Assumed office
1 October 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Keir Starmer
Preceded bySir Alex Younger
Director General, Political at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
In office
April 2018 – 30 September 2020
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byKaren Pierce
Succeeded bySir Tim Barrow
British Ambassador to Turkey
In office
January 2014 – December 2017
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byDavid Reddaway
Succeeded byDominick Chilcott
Personal details
Born (1963-05-09) 9 May 1963 (age 61)
Tripoli, Libya
Spouse
Maggie Martin
(m. 1985)
Children2
EducationWorcester College, Oxford (BA)
Harvard University
WebsiteTwitter Profile

Sir Richard Peter Moore KCMG (born 9 May 1963) is a British civil servant, currently chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and formerly Director General for Political Affairs, at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office,[1][2][3] and previously the British ambassador to Turkey.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Richard Moore CMG". HM Government. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. ^ British Embassy Beirut. "FCO Political Director in Lebanon, discusses security". HM Government. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. ^ Moore, Richard Peter. Who's Who 2020. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U268831. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 14 April 2020.(subscription required)