David Spedding
Chief of the Secret Intelligence Services
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| Intro | Chief of the Secret Intelligence Services | ||||||
| Places | United Kingdom | ||||||
| was | Intelligence officer | ||||||
| Work field | Law Military | ||||||
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| Birth | 7 March 1943 | ||||||
| Death | 13 June 2001 (aged 58 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Pisces | ||||||
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Biography
Sir David Rolland Spedding KCMG CVO OBE (7 March 1943 – 13 June 2001) was Head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1994 to 1999.
Career
Spedding was educated at Sherborne School and read history at Hertford College, Oxford. He joined the Secret Intelligence Service in 1967 and then attended the Middle East Center for Arabic Studies in Beirut becoming a specialist on Middle East affairs. He also served in Santiago and Abu Dhabi. In 1993, he became Director of Requirements and Operations and in 1994 he became Chief of the Service.
Sir David Spedding died of lung cancer on 13 June 2001, aged 58.