Ambassador to be next MI6 chief; INTELLIGENCE.THIS is Britain's new spy chief, a UN ambassador who will switch to leading the fight against global terrorism. Sir John Sawers Sir (Robert) John Sawers , KCMG (born July 26 1955) is a British diplomat. He is the current British Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) since August 2007. Background becomes a Bond-style M when he replaces Cold War veteran Sir John Scarlett Sir John McLeod Scarlett, KCMG, OBE (born August 18, 1948) is head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Prior to this appointment, he had chaired the Cabinet Office Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC). as MI6 chief. The sports-mad 53-yearold is a well-known figure on the foreign circuit and his move heralds a switch to a less secretive agency. Domestic counterpart MI5 has already made huge efforts to shed its mystique mys·tique n. An aura of heightened value, interest, or meaning surrounding something, arising from attitudes and beliefs that impute special power or mystery to it: the cowboy mystique; the mystique of existentialism. in a bid to boost recruiting and access to intelligence from the public. Foreign Secretary David Miliband welcomed dad-ofthree Sir John's appointment. He said: "I look forward to working with him on the challenges we face as a country." Sir John has been Britain's permanent representative to the UN since 2007. CAPTION(S): ROLE Sir John Sawers |
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