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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Sophie Halle-Richards

First female director of GCHQ announced

The first female director of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has been announced, and will take over the top job next month.

Anne Keast-Butler will be the first woman to lead the agency, which provides intelligence, cyber and security to the government.

Her appointment as the 17th director was confirmed on Tuesday (11 April), and she will succeed Sir Jeremy Fleming, who stood down in January after six years in the role.

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