Christopher Curwen

Christopher Curwen
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Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service	Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6)
Rank	Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
Award(s)	KCMG
Born	9 April 1929
Nationality	British
Occupation	Intelligence officer
Alma mater	Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

Sir Christopher Keith Curwen, KCMG (born 9 April 1929) was Head of the British Secret Intelligence Service from 1985 to 1989.

Career

Educated at Sherborne School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Curwen was commissioned into the 4th Queen's Own Hussars in 1948.^[1] He then joined the Secret Intelligence Service and became a South-East Asia specialist before being posted to Geneva and Washington D.C.^[2] He was appointed Chief of the Service in 1989.^[3]

References

1. ^ Burke's Peerage and Gentry
2. ^ MI6 - 50 years of Special Operations, by Stephen Dorril, Page 753, Harper Collins, 2001, ISBN 1-857027019
3. ^ Cloaked Dagger

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Colin Figures	Chief of the SIS 1985 - 1989	Succeeded by Sir Colin McColl

Persondata
Name	Curwin, Christopher
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Date of birth	9 April 1929
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