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WOMEN
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1988-93 Hanne Bech Hansen, Denmark |
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Deputy
Chief Prosecutor of Fyn 1981-84 and Acting Prosecutor 1982-83, Deputy
Commissioner of Police of Gentofte 1984-86, Commissioner by the National
Commissioner of Police 1986, Leader of the Intelligence Service of the
Police (Chef for PET) 1988-93, Chief Prosecutor of Copenhagen,
Frederiksberg and Tårnby 1993-95, Commissioner of Police of Copenhagen
(Københavns Politidirektør) since 1995. (b. 1939-) |
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1992-95 Dame Stella Rimmington, United Kingdom |
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Worked
with the police since the 1960s. 1990-92 she was Senior Deputy Director
General of MI5 and Director General until her retirement. (b. 1936-) |
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1993-2002 Birgitte Stampe, Denmark |
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Deputy Commissioner by the National Commissioner of Police
(Vicepolitimester hos Rigspolitichefen) 1984-88, Commissioner of Police in
charge of Personnel 1988-93, Leader of PET 1993-2002 and Deputy National
Commissioner of Police (Vicerigspolitichef) 1996-2002. Commissioner of Police in Lyngby
from 2002 and later in Hillerød until 2007, when the post was abolished. The
Deputy Commissioner of Police in Hillerød is Inge Wilsbech Andersen. |
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1997 Acting Claudia J. Kennedy, USA |
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She was Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence 1995-97 and
Deputy Chief of Staff and Lieutenant General since 1997 and Acting Chief of Staff for Intelligence
in 1997. |
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2000 Marisa Del'Isola e Diniz, Brazil |
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Up to her appointment as Chief she was Deputy Director General of
the Brazilian Intelligence Service for Human Resources.
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2001-04 Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu, South
Africa |
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She was Minister of
Intelligence after having been Deputy Minister of Home Affairs from 1996.
ANC Activist since the 1970s, and Military training specializing in
Intelligence 1977-79. From 2004 Minister of Housing.
(b. 1954-). |
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2002-07 Eliza
Manningham-Buller, United Kingdom |
She joined the security
Service in 1974 and has worked in a wide range of posts within it,
primarily concerned with counter terrorism. She has served as a
senior liaison officer to the US intelligence community in Washington
and in 1993 was promoted to be director of surveillance and technical
operations. She was later promoted to be director of Irish counter
terrorism, then
director of finance and IT. In 1997 she was appointed deputy director
general of the service, and in 2002 Director
General of the Security Service. (b. 1953-) |
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2006-08 Head of the Foreign Intelligence Special Service
Anna Zhvania, Georgien |
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Former Advisor to the President of Georgia on
civic integration and programme coordinator of the Liberty Institute in
1998-1999. |
Last update 24.04.08
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