Bernard Hogan-Howe Politician

Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, QPM (born 25 October 1957) is the present Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (head of London's Metropolitan Police Service). On 18 July 2011, the Home Secretary announced Hogan-Howe's temporary appointment as Acting Deputy Commissioner following the resignation of the Commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, and the appointment of the incumbent Deputy Commissioner as Acting Commissioner. Hogan-Howe applied for the position of Commissioner himself in August 2011 along with other candidates, and was successful in being selected for the post on 12 September 2011 after appearing before a panel of the Home Secretary and the Mayor of London and receiving the approval of the Chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority, before he was formally appointed by The Queen. Hogan-Howe was knighted in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to policing.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Commissioner Hogan-Howe
Birth date	October 25, 1957
Birth name	Bernard Howe
Birth place	Sheffield
Education	University of Sheffield Fitzwilliam College Cambridge Merton College Oxford