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Tucker was originally an officer in the New Zealand Army , holding the rank of Major . He has a doctorate in Electrical Engineering , and later joined the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), New Zealand's primary signals intelligence agency. He became head of Communications Security in 1982 , and in 1983 , he was appointed Director of Policy and Plans. From 1984 to 1989 , he was the GCSB's liaison officer to the NSA in Washington . On his return, he became Director of Operations (effectively deputy director of the GCSB), and in 1996 , he became the Intelligence Co-ordinator in the office of the Prime Minister . He became the third director of the GCSB in 1999 , replacing Ray Parker . In 2006 , it was announced that he would succeed Richard Woods as director of another New Zealand intelligence agency, the Security Intelligence Service, on 1 November. EXTERNAL LINKS
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