Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
The Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DD/CIA) is a statutory office (50 U.S.C. § 3037) and the second-highest official of the Central Intelligence Agency. The DD/CIA assists the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA) and is authorized to exercise the powers of the D/CIA when the Director's position is vacant or in the Director's absence or disability.
| Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
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 Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
| Central Intelligence Agency | |
| Reports to | Director of the CIA |
| Seat | George Bush Center for Intelligence, Langley, Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Appointer | The Director of the CIA |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Constituting instrument | 50 U.S.C. § 3037 |
| Precursor | Deputy Director of Central Intelligence |
| Inaugural holder | VADM Albert M. Calland, USN |
| Formation | July 15, 2005 |
| Deputy | Chief Operating Officer |
| Salary | Executive Schedule, III[1] |
| Website | www |
Under current law, the Deputy Director is appointed by the President and is not required to be confirmed by the United States Senate. This position is currently held by Vaughn Bishop since August 1, 2018.[2]
History
The functions of this position were served by the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (DDCI) until that position was abolished under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. The position of DD/CIA was created administratively by then-D/CIA Porter Goss and received statutory approval from the U.S. Congress in 2010.
The first DD/CIA was Kingman Douglass, appointed by the Director of Central Intelligence in 1946. In April 1953, Congress amended the National Security Act of 1947 to allow the President of the United States to appoint the DDCI (with U.S. Senate confirmation). The amendment stipulated that the Director and Deputy Director positions could not be simultaneously filled by military officers.
List of Deputy Directors of Central Intelligence (1946–2004)
| Deputy Director | Tenure | President(s) served under | |
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| Position preceded the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence | |||
| Kingman Douglass | March 2, 1946 – July 11, 1946 | Harry S. Truman | |
| Vacant | July 11, 1946 – January 20, 1947 | ||
| Edwin Kennedy Wright | January 20, 1947 – March 9, 1949 | ||
| Vacant | March 10, 1949 – October 7, 1950 | ||
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William Harding Jackson | October 7, 1950 – August 3, 1951 | |
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Allen Dulles | August 23, 1951 – February 26, 1953 | Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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Gen Charles P. Cabell, USAF | April 23, 1953 – January 31, 1962 | Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy |
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LTG Marshall Carter, USA | April 3, 1962 – April 28, 1965 | John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson |
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Richard Helms | April 28, 1965 – June 30, 1966 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| VADM Rufus Lackland Taylor, USN | October 13, 1966 – February 1, 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson Richard M. Nixon | |
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Gen Robert E. Cushman Jr., USMC | May 7, 1969 – December 31, 1971 | Richard M. Nixon |
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GEN Vernon A. Walters, USA | May 2, 1972 – July 2, 1976 | Richard M. Nixon Gerald R. Ford |
| E. Henry Knoche | July 7, 1976 – August 1, 1977 | Gerald R. Ford Jimmy Carter | |
| John Francis Blake | August 1977 – February 1978 | Jimmy Carter | |
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Frank Carlucci | February 10, 1978 – February 5, 1981 | Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
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ADM Bobby Ray Inman, USN | February 12, 1981 – June 10, 1982 | Ronald Reagan |
| John N. McMahon | June 10, 1982 – March 29, 1986 | ||
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Robert Gates | April 18, 1986 – March 20, 1989 | Ronald Reagan George H.W. Bush |
| Richard James Kerr | March 20, 1989 – March 2, 1992 | George H.W. Bush | |
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ADM Bill Studeman, USN | April 9, 1992 – July 3, 1995 | George H.W. Bush Bill Clinton |
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George Tenet | July 3, 1995 – July 11, 1997 | Bill Clinton |
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Gen John A. Gordon, USAF | October 31, 1997 – June 29, 2000 | |
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John E. McLaughlin | October 19, 2000 – December 3, 2004 | Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2005–present)
Hereafter the "Deputy Director of Central Intelligence" position was replaced by Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence.
| Deputy Director of the CIA | Tenure | President(s) served under | |
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| Position succeeded the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence | |||
| Vacant | December 3, 2004 – July 15, 2005 | George W. Bush | |
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VADM Albert Calland, USN | July 15, 2005 – July 23, 2006 | |
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Stephen Kappes | July 24, 2006 – May 5, 2010 | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
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Michael Morell | May 7, 2010 – August 9, 2013 | Barack Obama |
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Avril Haines | August 9, 2013 – January 10, 2015 | |
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David S. Cohen | February 9, 2015 – January 20, 2017 | |
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Gina Haspel | February 2, 2017 – May 21, 2018 | Donald Trump |
| Vacant | May 21, 2018 – August 1, 2018 | ||
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Vaughn Bishop | August 1, 2018 – present | |
In popular culture
In the novel The Hunt for Red October, the character Vice Admiral James Greer is the fictional Deputy Director of the CIA.
In the animated sitcom American Dad!, the character Avery Bullock is the fictional Deputy Director of the CIA.
References
- 5 U.S.C. § 5314
- "President Trump Announces Intent To Appoint Veteran Agency Officer Vaughn F. Bishop as CIA Deputy Director — Central Intelligence Agency". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.