Secret Intelligence Service

British foreign intelligence agency
Organization intelligence_agency Q184560
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Secret Intelligence Service

Summary

Secret Intelligence Service is an intelligence agency[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of intelligence_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,813 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Secret Intelligence Service is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's image is recorded as Secret Intelligence Service building - Vauxhall Cross - Vauxhall - London - 24042004.jpg[4].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's instance of is recorded as intelligence agency[5].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's founder is recorded as Mansfield Smith-Cumming[6].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's headquarters location is recorded as London[7].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's headquarters location is recorded as SIS Building[8].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121776244[9].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 263192067[10].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's GND ID is recorded as 4218045-4[11].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81138322[12].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12050034s[13].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's IdRef ID is recorded as 028723023[14].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 001134766[15].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's Commons category is recorded as Secret Intelligence Service of the United Kingdom[16].
  • +1909-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Secret Intelligence Service[17].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/015tvw[18].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's parent organization or unit is recorded as Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office[19].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's authority is recorded as Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office[20].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's authority is recorded as Joint Intelligence Committee[21].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's official website is recorded as https://sis.gov.uk[22].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's official website is recorded as http://mi6govukbfxe5pzxqw3otzd2t4nhi7v6x4dljwba3jmsczozcolx2vqd.onion[23].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's topic's main category is recorded as Category:MI6[24].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX4419569[25].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 1512647516094[26].
  • Secret Intelligence Service's director / manager is recorded as Alex Younger[27].

Body

Founding

Secret Intelligence Service's founder is recorded as Mansfield Smith-Cumming[6]. +1909-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[17].

Leadership

Secret Intelligence Service's director / manager is recorded as Alex Younger[27].

Operations

Headquarters locations include London[7], a metropolis[28], in Roman Empire[29], founded in 0047[30] and SIS Building[8], a building of public administration[31], in United Kingdom[32], founded in 1994[33]. Secret Intelligence Service's parent organization or unit is recorded as Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office[19].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Secret Intelligence Service include SIS Building[34], a building of public administration[35], in United Kingdom[36], founded in 1994[37].

Why It Matters

Secret Intelligence Service ranks in the top 2% of intelligence_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,813 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 106 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for it include SIS Building[34], a building of public administration[35], in United Kingdom[36], founded in 1994[37].

References

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  9. [11] . German National Library. d-nb.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . Bibliothèque nationale de France. ark.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . National Diet Library. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . sis.gov.uk. Retrieved . sis.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . theregister.com. Retrieved . theregister.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Biblioteca Nacional de España. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . National Library of Norway. authority.bibsys.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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