Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency

Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
DIA Seal
Incumbent Robert P. Ashley, Jr. since October, 2017
Defense Intelligence Agency
Reports to	The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
Appointer	The President
Formation	October 1961
Website	DIA.mil

The Director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency is an intelligence officer who, upon nomination by the President and confirmation by the Senate, serves as the United States' highest-ranking military intelligence officer. As the chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Director is the primary intelligence adviser to the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and also answers to the Director of National Intelligence through the civilian Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. The Director is also the Commander of the Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, a subordinate command of United States Strategic Command. Additionally, he chairs the Military Intelligence Board, which coordinates activities of the entire defense intelligence community.^[1]

List of DIA Directors

All but two directors were active members of the military. Nagy served briefly in the USAF before joining the DIA. Shedd never served in the military.

#	Director	Photo	Service	Term	President(s) served under
1	Joseph Carroll		USAF	October 1961 – September 1969	John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson
2	Donald V. Bennett		USA	September 1969 – August 1972	Richard Nixon
3	Vincent P. de Poix		USN	August 1972 – September 1974	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
4	Daniel O. Graham		USA	September 1974 – December 1975	Gerald Ford
5	Samuel V. Wilson		USA	May 1976 – August 1977	Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
6	Eugene F. Tighe		USAF	September 1977 – August 1981	Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan
7	James A. Williams		USA	September 1981 – September 1985	Ronald Reagan
8	Leonard H. Perroots		USAF	October 1985 – December 1988	Ronald Reagan
9	Harry E. Soyster		USA	December 1988 – September 1991	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
10	Dennis M. Nagy		Civilian	September 1991 – November 1991	George H. W. Bush
11	James R. Clapper		USAF	November 1991 – August 1995	George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton
12	Kenneth Minihan		USAF	August 1995 – February 1996	Bill Clinton
13	Patrick M. Hughes		USA	February 1996 – July 1999	Bill Clinton
14	Thomas R. Wilson		USN	July 1999 – July 2002	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
15	Lowell E. Jacoby		USN	July 2002 – November 2005	George W. Bush
16	Michael D. Maples		USA	November 2005 – March 2009	George W. Bush Barack Obama
17	Ronald Burgess		USA	March 2009 – July 2012	Barack Obama
18	Michael T. Flynn		USA	July 2012 – August 2014	Barack Obama
Acting	David Shedd		Civilian	August 2014 – January 2015	Barack Obama
19	Vincent R. Stewart		USMC	January 2015 – October 2017	Barack Obama Donald Trump
20	Robert P. Ashley, Jr.		USA	October 2017 – Present	Donald Trump

References

External links

• DIA Web Site