Director of the National Clandestine Service
- Deputy Director of Plans redirects here.
- Deputy Director of Operations redirects here. The term Deputy Director of Operations (DDO) may also be used generically in business of other organizations.
The Director of the National Clandestine Service (D/NCS) is a senior United States government official in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency who serves as head of the National Clandestine Service, 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 of Plans (DDP). When this unit was still known as the Directorate of Plans, it at first accounted for about 75% of the CIA Budget and about 60% of the personnel within the CIA.[1]
After being the Deputy Director of Plans until 1973, the position was then known as Deputy Director for Operations (DDO) until October 13, 2005 when, under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the position was renamed to D/NCS.
| Director | Tenure | President(s) served under | |
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Allen Dulles | January 4, 1951 – August 23, 1951 | Harry S. Truman |
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Frank Wisner | August 23, 1951 – January 1, 1959 | Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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Richard Bissell | January 1, 1959 – February 17, 1962 | Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy |
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Richard Helms | February 17, 1962 – April 28, 1965 | John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson |
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Desmond Fitzgerald | June 28, 1965 – July 23, 1967 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
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Thomas Karamessines | July 31, 1967 – February 27, 1973 | Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon |
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William Colby | March 2, 1973 – August 24, 1973 | Richard Nixon |
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William Nelson | August 24, 1973 – May 14, 1976 | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
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William Wells | May 15, 1976 – December 31, 1977 | Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter |
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John McMahon | January 11, 1978 – April 12, 1981 | Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
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Max Hugel | May 11, 1981 – July 14, 1981 | Ronald Reagan |
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John Stein | July 14, 1981 – July 1, 1984 | |
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Clair George | July 1, 1984 – December 1, 1987 | |
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Richard Stolz | January 4, 1988 – December 31, 1990 | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
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Thomas Twetten | January 1, 1991 – December 1993 | George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton |
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Hugh Price | January 1994–1995 | Bill Clinton |
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David Cohen | 1995–1997 | |
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Jack Downing | 1997 – July 1999 | |
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James Pavitt[2] | August 1999 – June 4, 2004 | Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
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Stephen Kappes | August 2004 – November 2004 | George W. Bush |
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Jose Rodriguez | November 16, 2004 – September 30, 2007 | |
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Michael Sulick | September 30, 2007 – July 30, 2010 | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
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John Bennett | July 30, 2010 – February 28, 2013 | Barack Obama |
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Gina Haspel Acting |
February 28, 2013 – May 7, 2013 | Barack Obama |
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Frank Archibald[2] | May 7, 2013 – January 29, 2015 | Barack Obama |
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Greg Vogel[3] | January 29, 2015 – present | Barack Obama, Donald Trump |
Sources
- ↑ http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/fgwisner.htm
- 1 2 Jeff Stein (August 7, 2014). "CIA Vaults a Woman into Top Spy Ranks". Newsweek. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
- ↑ Mazzetti, Mark; Apuzzo, Matt (April 25, 2015). "Deep Support in Washington for C.I.A.’s Drone Missions". The New York Times (New York ed.). p. A1. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
Mr. Brennan recently named Greg Vogel ... to take over the C.I.A.’s vaunted Directorate of Operations
- CIA's senior management structure, letter dated July 2, 1991 from William H. Webster, Director of Central Intelligence to U.S. Senator John Glenn, Select Senate Committee on Intelligence.
- "CIA plans riskier, more aggressive espionage," USA Today, November 17, 2004.
- Director Leon E. Panetta Announces New National Clandestine Service Chief, press release dated July 21, 2010.