Secret Intelligence Service
British foreign intelligence agency
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Summary
Secret Intelligence Service is an intelligence agency[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of intelligence agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,465 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United Kingdom[3]
- Founder: Mansfield Smith-Cumming[4]
- Headquarters location: London[5], SIS Building[6]
- Commons category: Secret Intelligence Service of the United Kingdom[7]
- Inception: 1909[8]
- Parent organization or unit: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office[9]
- Authority: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office[10], Joint Intelligence Committee[11]
- Official website: https://sis.gov.uk[12], http://mi6govukbfxe5pzxqw3otzd2t4nhi7v6x4dljwba3jmsczozcolx2vqd.onion[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:MI6[14]
- Director / manager: Alex Younger[15]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[16]
- Replaces: Directorate of Military Intelligence[17]
- Motto text: Semper Occultus[18]
- Owner of: Lincolnshire Poacher[19], Cherry Ripe[20]
- Position held by head of the organization: Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service[21]
- Hashtag: mi6[22]
- P14536: 364613[23]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Secret Intelligence Service include SIS Building[24], a building of public administration[25], in United Kingdom[26], founded in 1994[27].
Why It Matters
Secret Intelligence Service has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 120 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]
Entities named for it include SIS Building[24], a building of public administration[25], in United Kingdom[26], founded in 1994[27].