Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

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In the United States, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA) serves as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency which is part of the U.S. Intelligence Community. He reports to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI).

The Director is assisted by the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Vice Admiral Albert M. Calland III.

Before April 21, 2005, the Director headed both the Intelligence Community and the Central Intelligence Agency as the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI). In addition he served as an advisor to the President of the United States on intelligence matters and was the statutory intelligence advisor to the National Security Council (NSC). On April 21, 2005, the Director of National Intellience (DNI) took on the roles as head of the Intelligence Community and senior intelligence advisor to the President and the NSC.

The post of DCI was established in 1946 by President Truman; it thus predates the establishment of the Central Intelligence Agency. After the end of World War II, the Office of Strategic Services was dismantled and its functions were split between the Departments of State and War (now Defense). President Truman soon recognized the inefficiency of this arrangement and created the Central Intelligence Group, which could be considered a smaller precursor to the National Security Council. The following year the National Security Act of 1947 created the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Council, while formally defining the duties of the Director of Central Intelligence. The duties of the DCI have been further defined over the years by tradition, congressional acts, and Executive Orders.

A list of Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency (in chronological order):

Director	Tenure
Rear Adm. Sidney Souers, USNR	January 23 1946 - June 10 1946
Lt. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, USA	June 10 1946 - May 1 1947
Rear Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, USN	May 1 1947 - October 7, 1950
Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, USA	October 7 1950 - February 9 1953
Allen W. Dulles	February 26, 1953 - November 29, 1961
John McCone	November 29 1961 - April 28 1965
Vice Adm. William Raborn, USN (Ret.)	April 28 1965 - June 30 1966
Richard M. Helms	June 30 1966 - February 2 1973
James R. Schlesinger	February 2, 1973 - July 2 1973
William E. Colby	September 4 1973 - January 30 1976
George H. W. Bush	January 30 1976 - January 20 1977
Adm. Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret.)	March 9 1977 - January 20 1981
William J. Casey	January 28 1981 - January 29 1987
William H. Webster	May 26 1987 - August 31 1991
Robert M. Gates	November 6 1991 - January 20 1993
R. James Woolsey	February 5 1993 - January 10 1995
John M. Deutch	May 10 1995 - December 15 1996
George J. Tenet	July 11 1997 - July 11, 2004 (resigned June 3, 2004)
John E. McLaughlin	(acting director) July 11, 2004 - September 24, 2004
Porter J. Goss	September 24, 2004 - Present

Note: After April 21, 2005, the Director of the CIA is no longer the Director of Central Intelligence, and thus is referred to as the Director of the CIA only.

Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America		Image:CIA seal.jpg
Souers | Vandenberg | Hillenkoetter | Smith | Dulles | McCone | Raborn | Helms | Schlesinger | Colby | Bush | Turner | Casey | Webster | Gates | Woolsey | Deutch | Tenet | McLaughlin | Goss