Sir Robert George Cooper, CBE (24 June 1936 – 15 November 2004), popularly known as Sir Bob Cooper, was a politician and equal opportunities activist in Northern Ireland.
Born and raised in the east of County Donegal in the north-west of Ulster, Cooper, a Presbyterian, attended Foyle College and then studied law at The Queen's University of Belfast, where he was the Chair of the Young Unionists.
[2] He served as Minister for Manpower Services, a junior position in the Sunningdale Northern Ireland Executive.
[3] Soon after, he became deputy leader of the party, and in 1975 he was elected to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention.
In 1976, Cooper left politics to take up an appointment as head of the Fair Employment Agency.