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Richard Welch (other)
Richard Welch (1929–1975) was an American intelligence officer. Richard Welch may also refer to: * Richard Welch (cricketer), English cricketer * Richard J. Welch (1869–1940), American politician * Richard Welch (Australian politician), Australian politician * Richard Welch (Medal of Honor), Union Army soldier {{hndis, Welch, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Welch
Richard Skeffington Welch (December 14, 1929 – December 23, 1975) was a career Central Intelligence Agency officer. He was the Chief of Station (COS) in Athens, Greece, when he was assassinated by the Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N). His assassination led to the passage of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, making it a crime to expose or identify officers working in covert roles who had not officially been acknowledged as such by the U.S. government. Early life and CIA career Welch, who was born in Hartford, Connecticut, was recruited to the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA in 1951 upon graduation from Harvard, where he studied classics. His first assignment as a case officer was in Athens working as a civilian employee of the United States Department of the Army, U.S. Department of the Army (1952–59). From 1960–64, he served in Cyprus, and then in Guatemala (1965–67), Guyana as COS (1967–69), Mexico (1969–72) and Peru as Station chief, chief of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard J
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick (nickname), Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie (name), Dickie", "Rich (given name), Rich", "Rick (given name), Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", "Ricky (given name), Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans), German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list belo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Welch (Australian Politician)
Richard Welch is an Australian politician who currently serves as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the North-Eastern Metropolitan Region. He entered parliament on 7 February 2024, having won the Liberal Party's preselection on 3 December 2023 to replace the retiring Matthew Bach. Welch was previously an unsuccessful candidate for the state electoral district of Yan Yean in the 2022 Victorian state election, for the federal Division of McEwen in the 2022 Australian federal election, and for the federal Division of Jagajaga in the 2019 Australian federal election. Prior to entering politics, he worked in financial services for Merrill Lynch in London. After an MBA at Imperial College London Imperial College London, also known as Imperial, is a Public university, public research university in London, England. Its history began with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who envisioned a Al ..., Welch invented, paten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
