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|image=File:Richard_Moore.jpg<br />
|caption=Official portrait of Richard Moore<br />
| name = Sir Richard Moore<br />
| occupation = Intelligence officer and diplomat; Chief of SIS 2020–2025<br />
| predecessor = [[Alex Younger]]<br />
| successor = [[Blaise Metreweli]]<br />
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Sir '''Richard Moore''' was Chief of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] (MI6) from autumn 2020 to autumn 2025.<ref name="Moore2020">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-the-new-chief-of-the-secret-intelligence-service-mi6--2 Appointment of the new Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)], Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 29 July 2020.</ref><ref name="Met">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-ever-female-mi6-chief-appointed First ever female MI6 chief appointed], gov.uk, 15 June 2025.</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Moore joined SIS in 1987.<ref name="Reuters">[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-security-mi6-idUSKCN24U2HR/ UK names new MI6 spy chief to tackle challenges from China, Russia], Reuters, 29 July 2020.</ref> When his appointment was announced, the Foreign Office said he had previously held director roles in SIS and been Deputy National Security Adviser in the Cabinet Office. He was then Political Director at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and had been Ambassador to Turkey.<ref name="Moore2020"/> His gov.uk biography lists him as Ambassador to Turkey from 2014 to 2017 and Director General, Political from 2018 to 2020.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/people/richard-moore Sir Richard Moore KCMG], gov.uk.</ref><br />
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==Succession==<br />
In June 2025 the Prime Minister announced that [[Blaise Metreweli]] would succeed Moore, who would leave the service that autumn.<ref name="Met"/><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Secret Intelligence Service]] - Chief (2020–2025)<br />
*[[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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