Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

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Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA) serves as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency

Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the Federal government of the United States. It is the successor of the Office of Strategic Services formed during World War II to coordinate espionage activities between the branches of the US military services....
, which is part of the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
Intelligence Community

Intelligence community

Intelligence community may refer to* Bangladeshi intelligence community* Croatian intelligence community* Israeli intelligence community* Italian intelligence community, see SISMI...
. The Director reports to the Director of National Intelligence

United States Director of National Intelligence

The Director of National Intelligence , currently Admiral Dennis C. Blair, is the United States Federal government of the United States official subject to the authority, direction and control of the President of the United States who is responsible under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for:...
(DNI). The Director is assisted by the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

The Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency is a senior United States government official in the United States Central Intelligence Agency....
. The Director is nominated by the President

President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
, with the concurring or nonconcurring recommendation from the Director of National Intelligence, and must be confirmed by a majority vote of the Senate

United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
. There is no statutory provision which specifically excludes active military personnel from being nominated for the position.

History
Before April 21, 2005, the Director headed both the Intelligence Community

Intelligence community

Intelligence community may refer to* Bangladeshi intelligence community* Croatian intelligence community* Israeli intelligence community* Italian intelligence community, see SISMI...
and the Central Intelligence Agency as the Director of Central Intelligence

Director of Central Intelligence

The Office of United States Director of Central Intelligence was established by President of the United States Harry Truman on January 23 1946 with Admiral Sidney Souers occupying the position....
(DCI).

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Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA) serves as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency

Central Intelligence Agency

United States

Intelligence community

United States Director of National Intelligence

Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

President of the United States

United States Senate

History

Before April 21, 2005, the Director headed both the Intelligence Community

Intelligence community

Intelligence community may refer to* Bangladeshi intelligence community* Croatian intelligence community* Israeli intelligence community* Italian intelligence community, see SISMI...
and the Central Intelligence Agency as the Director of Central Intelligence

Director of Central Intelligence

President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
on intelligence matters and was the statutory intelligence advisor to the National Security Council

United States National Security Council

The White House National Security Council in the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and Foreign relations of the United States matters with his senior National Security Advisor s and United States Cabinet officials and is part of the Executive Office of the Presid...
(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

President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
Harry Truman; it thus predates the establishment of the Central Intelligence Agency (created by the National Security Act of 1947

National Security Act of 1947

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, the Office of Strategic Services

Office of Strategic Services

The Office of Strategic Services was a United States intelligence agencies formed during World War II. It was the wartime intelligence agency, and it was the predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency ....
was dismantled and its functions were split between the Departments of State and War (now Defense). President Truman soon recognized the inefficiency of this arrangement and created the Central Intelligence Group, which could be considered a smaller precursor to the National Security Council. The following year the National Security Act of 1947

National Security Act of 1947

The National Security Act of 1947 was signed by United States President of the United States Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1947, and realigned and reorganized the United States Armed Forces, Foreign policy of the United States, and United States Intelligence Community apparatus in the aftermath of World War II....
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

What follows is a list of Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency (in chronological order).

Director	Tenure	President(s) served under
Position succeeded the Director of Central Intelligence Director of Central Intelligence The Office of United States Director of Central Intelligence was established by President of the United States Harry Truman on January 23 1946 with Admiral Sidney Souers occupying the position....
Porter J. Goss Porter J. Goss Porter Johnston Goss is an Politics of the United States, who was a Director of Central Intelligence and the first Director of the Central Intelligence Agency of the Central Intelligence Agency following the passage of the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, which abolished the DCI position....	September 24, 2004 – May 26, 2006	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was the 46th List of Governors of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being United States presidential inauguration as President on January 20, 2001....
Gen General (United States) In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, general is a 4 star rank general officer rank, with the U.S.... Michael Hayden Michael Hayden Michael Vincent Hayden, was a United States Air Force four-star General and former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. From April 21, 2005–May 26, 2006 he was the Principal Deputy United States Director of National Intelligence, a position which once made him "the highest-ranking military intelligence officer in the armed for... , USAF United States Air Force The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Military of the United States and one of the uniformed services of the United States.... (Ret.)	May 30, 2006 – February 12, 2009	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was the 46th List of Governors of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being United States presidential inauguration as President on January 20, 2001.... , Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the List of Presidents of the United States and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office....
Leon Panetta Leon Panetta Leon Edward Panetta is the current Director of the Central Intelligence Agency of the Central Intelligence Agency. An United States Democratic Party politician, lawyer, and professor, Panetta served as President of the United States Bill Clinton's White House Chief of Staff from 1994 to 1997 and was a member of the United States House of Re...	February 12, 2009 – Present	Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the List of Presidents of the United States and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office....