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Leonard Warren Cook CBE (born 13 April 1949) is a professional statistician who was Government Statistician of New Zealand from 1992 to 2000 and National Statistician and Director of the Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom, and Registrar General for England and Wales from 2000 to 2005. ==Background== Cook was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1949 and was educated at Bayfield High School, Dunedin and the University of Otago where he did a BA (Hons) in Maths and Stats. 〔(''"Good with numbers"'' ), The New Zealand Listener, 17–23 May 2002, reproduced in New Zealand Statistical Association Newsletter 57, March 2003. Retrieved 24 June 2007.〕 He attended Henley Management Centre in 1989 and INSEAD in 1998.〔(''"Appointment of National Statistician and Director of Office for National Statistics"'' ), 10 Downing Street press notice, 17 February 2000. Retrieved 20 June 2007.〕 Cook was elected a Chartered Statistician of the Royal Statistical Society in 1973 and a Companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2005. 〔(2005 Annual Report of the Royal Society of New Zealand incorporating the 2005 Academy Yearbook ), Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 24 June 2007.〕 He served as one of three vice-presidents of the International Statistical Institute from 2005 to 2007 and is a visiting fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. He was made a CBE in June 2005. Cook had a particular interest in social policy, demography, statistical methodology and the application of information technology in statistical systems. He was interested in the promotion of research methodology in public policy analysis and decision-making with past interests particularly in retirement provision and taxation policies. He and his partner, Shirley Flora Vollweiler, have no children. His hobbies are languages, travel, hiking and fly fishing.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Len Cook」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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