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Britain on Wednesday named its former ambassador to Turkey as the new director of the MI6 Secret Intelligence Service.

Richard Moore succeeds Alex Younger, who was a career intelligence officer and became Britain's top spy in 2014.

Moore, a fluent Turkish speaker, has served as the political director of the Foreign Office, deputy national security adviser, and ambassador to Ankara from 2014 to 2017.

Prior to becoming a diplomat, Moore worked for MI6 "Where he undertook a range of roles across the Service both in the UK and overseas," according to his official profile.

Younger identified cyber-security as a top priority for Britain during his term, describing the internet as "An existential threat" to intelligence work in a rare public address in 2016.

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