The deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DD/CIA) is a statutory office () 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 of the United States and is not required to be confirmed by the United States Senate.
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 DDCI was Kingman Douglass, appointed by the director of central intelligence in 1946, managing the Central Intelligence Group (CIG). With the passage of the National Security Act of 1947, the CIG was merged into the CIA. Thus, the position of DDCI predates the creation of the CIA.
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 of the Central Intelligence Agency (2004–present)
Hereafter the deputy director of central intelligence position was replaced by the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the principal deputy director of national intelligence. No. Deputy Director of the CIATenurePresident(s) served under Position succeeded the deputy director of central intelligence Vacant December 3, 2004 – July 15, 2005 George W. Bush 1 VADM Albert Calland, USN July 15, 2005 – July 23, 2006 2 Stephen Kappes July 24, 2006 – May 5, 2010 George W. BushBarack Obama 3 Michael Morell May 7, 2010 – August 9, 2013 Barack Obama 4 Avril Haines August 9, 2013 – January 10, 2015 5 David S. Cohen February 9, 2015 – January 20, 2017 6 Gina Haspel February 2, 2017 – May 21, 2018 Donald Trump Vacant May 21, 2018 – August 1, 2018 7 Vaughn Bishop August 1, 2018 – January 20, 2021 8 David S. Cohen January 20, 2021 – January 20, 2025 Joe Biden Vacant January 20, 2025 – February 10, 2025 Donald Trump 9 Michael Ellis February 10, 2025 – present
In popular culture In the novel The Hunt for Red October, the character Vice Admiral James Greer is the fictional deputy director of the CIA; former U.S. marine Jack Ryan takes over this role after Admiral Greer's death in Clear and Present Danger. He subsequently retires from the position following a highly publicized media scandal and the detonation of a nuclear weapon at the Super Bowl in The Sum of All Fears.
In the animated sitcom American Dad!, the character Avery Bullock is the fictional deputy director of the CIA.
In the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the character Daniel Livingstone is the fictional deputy director of the CIA.
In the TV series The Boys, the character Susan L. Raynor is the fictional deputy director of the CIA.
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