- 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 (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 (DDP). 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 upgraded to D/NCS.
Director | Tenure | President(s) served under | |
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Allen W. Dulles | January 4, 1951 – August 23, 1951 | Harry S. Truman | |
Frank G. Wisner | August 23, 1951 – January 1, 1959 | Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
Richard M. Bissell, Jr. | January 1, 1959 – February 17, 1962 | Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy | |
Richard M. Helms | February 17, 1962 – April 28, 1965 | John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson | |
Desmond Fitzgerald | June 28, 1965 – July 23, 1967 | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
Thomas H. Karamessines | July 31, 1967 – February 27, 1973 | Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon | |
William E. Colby | March 2, 1973 – August 24, 1973 | Richard Nixon | |
William E. Nelson | August 24, 1973 – May 14, 1976 | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford | |
William W. Wells | May 15, 1976 – December 31, 1977 | Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter | |
John N. McMahon | January 11, 1978 – April 12, 1981 | Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan | |
Max Hugel | May 11, 1981 – July 14, 1981 | Ronald Reagan | |
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 | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush | |
Thomas A. Twetten | January 1, 1991 – December 1993 | George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton | |
Hugh E. Price | January 1994 – 1995 | Bill Clinton | |
David Cohen | 1995–1997 | ||
Jack G. Downing | 1997 – July 1999 | ||
James Pavitt | August 1999 – June 4, 2004 | Bill Clinton George W. Bush | |
Stephen Kappes | August 2004 – November 2004 | George W. Bush | |
Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr. | November 16, 2004 – September 30, 2007 | ||
Michael Sulick | September 30, 2007 – July 2010 | George W. Bush Barack Obama | |
John D. Bennett | July 2010 – February 2013 | Barack Obama |
Sources[]
- 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, 17 November 2004.
- Director Leon E. Panetta Announces New National Clandestine Service Chief, press release dated July 21, 2010.
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