Gordon Jockel

{{Short description|Australian public servant and diplomat (1920–2015)}}

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| birth_name = Gordon Albert Jockel

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|06|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Manly, New South Wales

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|09|18|1920|06|04|df=y}}

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| occupation = Public servant, diplomat

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Gordon Albert Jockel {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CBE}} (4 June 1920{{spaced endash}}18 September 2015) was an Australian public servant and diplomat.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/diplomat-and-spymaster-had-expert-grasp-of-balanceofpower-politics-20151002-gjznfd.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207072244/http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/diplomat-and-spymaster-had-expert-grasp-of-balanceofpower-politics-20151002-gjznfd.html|archive-date=7 February 2016|title=Gordon Jockel: Diplomat and spymaster had expert grasp of balance-of-power politics|first1=Bob|last1=Furlonger|author-link1=Robert Furlonger|first2=Garry|last2=Woodard|author-link2=Garry Woodard|date=2 October 2015|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media}}

Jockel joined Australia's diplomatic service in 1944.{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107075078|title=Envoy to Indonesia|date=25 January 1969|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=ACT|page=9}} Among other roles, he served in appointments as Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Commissioner to Singapore, Ambassador to Indonesia and Ambassador to Thailand.

From February 1972 to 1977, Jockel was Director of the Joint Intelligence Organisation.{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/102024387|title=The forecasters at Russell Hill|date=2 June 1972|page=2|newspaper=The Canberra Times|first=Bruce|last=Juddery|author-link=Bruce Juddery|location=ACT}}

Jockel died on 18 September 2015.