Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency

Flag of the Central Intelligence Agency
Incumbent
David S. Cohen

since February 9, 2015
Central Intelligence Agency
Reports to Director of the CIA
Seat George Bush Center for Intelligence, Langley, Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
Appointer The President
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 Executive Director
Salary Executive Schedule, III[1]
Website http://www.cia.gov/

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.

Under current law, the Deputy Director is appointed by the President and is not required to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The current Deputy Director is a former Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, David S. Cohen.

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
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
William H. Jackson October 7, 1950 – August 3, 1951
Allen W. Dulles August 23, 1951 – February 26, 1953 Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gen Charles P. Cabell, USAF April 23, 1953 – January 31, 1962 Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
LTG Marshall S. Carter, USA April 3, 1962 – April 28, 1965 John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. 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
Gen Robert E. Cushman, Jr., USMC May 7, 1969 – December 31, 1971 Richard M. Nixon
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
Frank C. Carlucci February 10, 1978 – February 5, 1981 Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
ADM Bobby R. Inman, USN February 12, 1981 – June 10, 1982 Ronald Reagan
John N. McMahon June 10, 1982 – March 29, 1986
Robert M. Gates April 18, 1986 – March 20, 1989 Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
Richard J. Kerr March 20, 1989 – March 2, 1992 George H.W. Bush
ADM William O. Studeman, USN April 9, 1992 – July 3, 1995 George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George J. Tenet July 3, 1995 – July 11, 1997 Bill Clinton
Gen John A. Gordon, USAF October 31, 1997 – June 29, 2000
John E. McLaughlin October 19, 2000 – November 12, 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
Position succeeded the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Vacant November 2004 – July 2005 George W. Bush
VADM Albert M. Calland, USN July 15, 2005 – July 23, 2006
Stephen R. Kappes July 24, 2006 – May 5, 2010 George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Michael J. Morell May 7, 2010 – August 9, 2013 Barack Obama
Avril Haines August 9, 2013 – January 10, 2015
David S. Cohen February 9, 2015 – Incumbent

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