List of spymasters

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For the Marvel supervillain, see Spymaster (character). For the Romanian television series, see Spy/Master.

A spymaster is a leader of a group of spies or an intelligence agency.[1]

List of spymasters

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Name When Allegiance Agency/Organization/Service
Motojiro Akashi 1904 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Akashi Kikan
Vera Atkins 1944 United Kingdom Special Operations Executive
Lavrentiy Beria 1938 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Soviet Union NKVD
Arturo Bocchini 1927–1940 Kingdom of Italy Fascist Italy OVRA
Wilhelm Canaris 1935 File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Nazi Germany Abwehr
Thomas Cromwell 1533 File:Flag of England.svg Kingdom of England
William J. Donovan 1941 File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Office of Strategic Services
Armand Jean du Plessis (Cardinal Richelieu) 1616 File:Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Kingdom of France
Allen Dulles 1953 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Central Intelligence Agency
L.B. Moerdani 1952–1988 File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia State Intelligence Agency
Ali Murtopo 1945–1978 File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia State Intelligence Agency
Yoga Sugama 1942–1989 File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia State Intelligence Agency
Zhou Enlai 1928–1932 File:Flag of the Chinese Communist Party (Pre-1996).svg Chinese Communist Party[note 1] Special Service section of the Central Committee
Urban Work Committee of the Central Committee
Rafaat Gebril 1973 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt General Intelligence Directorate (Egypt)
Ali Mamlouk 2005–2024 File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Ba'athist Syria National Security Bureau
General Intelligence Directorate (Syria)
Sándor Goldberger (alias J. Peters) 1930–1948 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Soviet Union Communist Party USA
Sidney Gottlieb 1951–1973 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Central Intelligence Agency
Hamid Gul 1987–1989 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence
Javed Nasir 1992-1993 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence
Faiz Hameed 2019 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence
Isser Harel 1952–1963 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel Mossad
R. N. Kao 1968–1977 File:Flag of India.svg India Research and Analysis Wing
Ronnie Kasrils 1983–1989
2004–2008 		File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
 Umkhonto we Sizwe
Minister of Intelligence Services
David Kimche 1953–1980 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel Mossad
Ivone Kirkpatrick 1918–1918 United Kingdom British Army, Belgian resistance
Maxwell Knight 1924–1930 United Kingdom MI5
Chee Woh, Leong 1971–1984 File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Special Branch
Dai Li 1928–1946 File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China National Revolutionary Army
Colin Hercules Mackenzie 1940–1946 United Kingdom Special Operations Executive – Force 136
Tengku Mahmood Mahyideen 1942–1945 British Malaya Special Operations Executive –

Force 136 (Malayan region)

Yuri Modin 1948–1951 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Soviet Union NKVD
Hugh Montgomery 1953–1981 (CIA)

1981–1985 (INR) 1989–2014 (CIA)

File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Central Intelligence Agency

Bureau of Intelligence and Research

Bhola Nath Mullik 1950–1964 File:Flag of India.svg India Intelligence Bureau
Donald Nichols 1951 File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 6004th Air Intelligence Service Squadron
Manuel Piñeiro 1961–1964 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba Dirección de Inteligencia
Allan Pinkerton 1855–1861 File:Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg United States Union Intelligence Service
Wang Puchen 1948–1949 File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China Bureau of Investigation and Statistics
Pyotr Rachkovsky 1885–1902 File:Romanov Flag.svg Russian Empire Okhrana
Alfred Redl 1903–1913 File:Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918).svg Austria-Hungary;
Russian Empire[note 2] 		Evidenzbureau
Mao Renfeng 1946–1956 File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China Bureau of Investigation and Statistics
Semyon Semyonov 1937–1950 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Soviet Union NKVD
Kang Sheng 1940s–1946 File:Flag of the Chinese Communist Party (Pre-1996).svg Chinese Communist Party[note 1] Central Social Affairs Department
Hugh Sinclair 1919–1939 United Kingdom Secret Intelligence Service
Mansfield Smith-Cumming 1909–1923 United Kingdom Secret Intelligence Service
Richard Sorge 1920–1941 File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg Soviet Union Main Intelligence Directorate
Sidney Souers 1946–1946 File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Gustav Steinhauer 1911–1914 File:Flag of the German Empire.svg Germany Nachrichten-Abteilung
William Stephenson 1940–1946 File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada British Security Co-ordination
Emanuel Sueyro c. 1620–1629 File:Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spain
Benjamin Tallmadge 1778–1783 File:Flag of the United States (1777–1795).svg United States Culper Ring
John Thurloe 1653 File:Flag of The Commonwealth.svg Commonwealth of England
Liam Tobin 1919 File:Flag of Ireland.svg Irish Republic Irish Republican Army
Francis Walsingham 1573–1590 File:Flag of England.svg Kingdom of England
George Washington 1775 File:Flag of the United States (1777–1795).svg United States Continental Army
William Wickham 1795–1801 United Kingdom
Markus Wolf 1951–1986 File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany Main Directorate for Reconnaissance
Shen Zui 1934–1949 File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China Bureau of Investigation and Statistics
Kyrylo Budanov 2020–present File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Main Directorate of Intelligence (Ukraine)
Ajit Doval 2014–present File:Flag of India.svg India National Security Advisor (India)

See also

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Bibliography

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Years of service as a spymaster with the Chinese Communist Party predates the foundation of the People's Republic of China (1949)
  2. ^ Redl was appointed as the head of counterintelligence at the Evidenzbureau, the Austro-Hungarian military intelligence organization in 1907. However, Redl was already compromised by Russian agents c. 1900, and provided information to the Russian Empire until he was caught by Austro-Hungarian authorities in 1913.

References

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