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Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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Incumbent Gina Haspel since May 21, 2018
Central Intelligence Agency
Reports to	President Director of National Intelligence
Seat	George Bush Center for Intelligence, Langley, Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
Nominator	President
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	50 U.S.C. § 3036
Precursor	Director of Central Intelligence
Inaugural holder	Porter J. Goss
Formation	April 21, 2005
Deputy	Deputy Director
Salary	$187,000 (Executive Schedule, Level II)[1]
Website	www.cia.gov

The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA) is a statutory office (50 U.S.C. § 3036) that functions as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, which in turn is a part of the United States Intelligence Community. Since February 2017, the D/CIA has been a Cabinet-level position.

The Director reports to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and is assisted by the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The Director is a civilian or a general/flag officer of the armed forces^[2] nominated by the President, with the concurring or nonconcurring recommendation from the DNI,^[3] and must be confirmed by a majority vote of the Senate.^[4]

History

Before April 21, 2005, the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) headed both the Intelligence Community and the Central Intelligence Agency. In addition, DCI served as an advisor to the President of the United States on intelligence matters and was the statutory intelligence advisor to the National Security Council (NSC). On April 21, 2005, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) took on the roles as head of the Intelligence Community and principal intelligence advisor to the President and the NSC.

The post of DCI was established in 1946 by President Harry S. Truman;^[5] it thus predates the establishment of the Central Intelligence Agency (created by the National Security Act of 1947). After the end of World War II, the Office of Strategic Services was dismantled and its functions were split between the Departments of State and War (now Defense).^[6] President Truman soon recognized the inefficiency of this arrangement and created the Central Intelligence Group,^[7] which could be considered a smaller precursor to the National Security Council.^[8] The following year the National Security Act of 1947 created the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Council, while formally defining the duties of the Director of Central Intelligence. The duties of the DCI had been further defined over the years by tradition, congressional acts, and Executive Orders.

List of Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency

No.	Director		Tenure	President(s) served under
Position succeeded the Director of Central Intelligence.
1		Porter Goss	April 21, 2005 – May 5, 2006[9]		George W. Bush
2		Michael Hayden	May 30, 2006 – February 12, 2009[10]
					Barack Obama
3		Leon Panetta	February 13, 2009 – June 30, 2011[11]
–		Michael Morell Acting	July 1, 2011 – September 6, 2011
4		David Petraeus	September 6, 2011 – November 9, 2012[12]
–		Michael Morell Acting	November 9, 2012 – March 8, 2013
5		John Brennan	March 8, 2013 – January 20, 2017[13]
–		Meroe Park Acting	January 20, 2017 – January 23, 2017		Donald Trump
6		Mike Pompeo	January 23, 2017 – April 26, 2018[14]
–		Gina Haspel	April 26, 2018 – May 21, 2018
7			May 21, 2018 – present

Living former Directors of Central Intelligence Agency

As of August 2018, there are six living former Directors of Central Intelligence Agency (with all Directors that have served since 2005 still living), the oldest being Leon Panetta (served 2009–2011, born 1938).

• Living former Directors of Central Intelligence Agency


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  Porter Goss
  served 2005–2006, born November 26, 1938 (age 79)
  

  
  

  
  


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  Michael Hayden
  served 2006–2009, born March 17, 1945 (age 73)
  

  
  

  
  


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  Leon Panetta
  served 2009–2011, born June 28, 1938 (age 80)
  

  
  

  
  


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  David Petraeus
  served 2011–2013, born November 7, 1952 (age 65)
  

  
  

  
  


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  John Brennan
  served 2013–2017, born September 22, 1955 (age 62)
  

  
  

  
  


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  Mike Pompeo
  served 2017–2018, born December 30, 1963 (age 54)
  

  
  

  
  

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