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Sir
Colin Figures
KCMG OBE
Born(1925-07-01)1 July 1925
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Died8 December 2006(2006-12-08) (aged 81)
Esher, United Kingdom
Alma materPembroke College, Cambridge
OccupationBritish intelligence officer
SpousePamela Ann Timmis
Childrena son and two daughters
Parent(s)Frederick and Muriel Figures
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Espionage activity
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service branchSecret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6)
Service years1951 – 1985
RankChief of the Secret Intelligence Service
OperationsSuez Crisis
Prague Spring
Falklands War

Sir Colin Frederick Figures KCMG OBE (1 July 1925 – 8 December 2006) was Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (known as MI6) from 1981 to 1985. During this time he had oversight of the supply of human intelligence information, including Argentine positions and their stocks of Exocet missiles, to the UK Government during the Falklands War.[1]

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