Sir Leonard James (Joe) Hooper KCMG CBE (23 July 1914 – 19 February 1994) was 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
- ^ West, Nigel (2 September 2009). The A to Z of British Intelligence. p. 247. ISBN 9780810870284. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ a b c "Michael Herman, Hooper, Sir Leonard James (1914-1994), intelligence officer and civil servant, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004". Oxforddnb.com. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
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