Director of the National Clandestine Service

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The Director of the National Clandestine Service (D/NCS) (formerly the Deputy Director for Operations, DDO) is a senior United States government official in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency who serves as head of the National Clandestine Service (formerly the Directorate of Operations).

The position was established December 1, 1950 and from January 4, 1951 until March 1, 1973 it was known as Deputy Director for Plans. Under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the position was upgraded to D/NCS. It is the policy of the CIA to not publicly reveal the name of the sitting director of the NCS.[1]

Director	Tenure
Allen W. Dulles	January 4, 1951 – August 23, 1951
Frank G. Wisner	August 23, 1951 – January 1, 1959
Richard M. Bissell, Jr.	January 1, 1959 – February 17, 1962
Richard M. Helms	February 17, 1962 – April 28, 1965
Desmond Fitzgerald	June 28, 1965 – July 23, 1967
Thomas H. Karamessines	July 31, 1967 – February 27, 1973
William E. Colby	March 2, 1973 – August 24, 1973
William E. Nelson	August 24, 1973 – May 14, 1976
William W. Wells	May 15, 1976 – December 31, 1977
John N. McMahon	January 11, 1978 – April 12, 1981
Max Hugel	May 11, 1981 – July 14, 1981
John H. Stein	July 14, 1981 – July 1, 1984
Clair E. George	July 1, 1984 – December 1, 1987
Richard F. Stolz	January 4, 1988 – December 31, 1990
Thomas A. Twetten	January 1, 1991 – December 1993
Hugh E. Price	January 1994 – 1995
David Cohen	1995 – 1997
Jack G. Downing	1997 – July 1999
James Pavitt	August 1999 – June 4, 2004
Stephen Kappes	August 2004 – November 2004
Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.	November 16, 2004 – September 30, 2007
Michael Sulick	September 30, 2007 – present