Leonard James Hooper

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Sir Leonard James (Joe) Hooper KCMG CBE (23 July 1914 - 19 February 1994) was a former director of the British signals intelligence agency, GCHQ, a post he held from 1965 to 1973.

Career

Educated at Alleyn's School in South East London and Worcester College, Oxford,^[1] Hooper joined the Government Code and Cypher School in August 1938, and was based at Bletchley Park during World War II.^[2] He stayed on with the organisation after the war, which became GCHQ, and, after five years as deputy director, served as its director from January 1965 to November 1973.^[2]

In the mid-1970s he served as the Intelligence Co-ordinator in the Cabinet Office, where he acted as a general overseer of the UK Intelligence Community.^[2]

References

↑ "The A to Z of British Intelligence". p. 247. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Michael Herman, Hooper, Sir Leonard James (1914-1994), intelligence officer and civil servant, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Clive Loehnis	Director of GCHQ January 1965 - November 1973	Succeeded by Sir Arthur Bonsall

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Name	Hooper, Joe
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Date of birth	23 July 1914
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Date of death	19 February 1994
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