Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
{{Short description|Position at the Central Intelligence Agency}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox Political post
|post = Deputy Director
|body = the Central Intelligence Agency
|insignia = Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency.svg
|insigniasize = 150
|insigniacaption = Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency
|image = Michael Ellis 2025.jpg
|incumbent = Michael Ellis
|incumbentsince = February 10, 2025
|department = Central Intelligence Agency
|reports_to = Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA)
|seat = George Bush Center for Intelligence, Langley, Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
|appointer = President of the United States, with advice from D/CIA
|termlength = No fixed term
|constituting_instrument = {{UnitedStatesCode|50|3037}}
|formation = December 17, 2004
|precursor = Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
|deputy = Chief Operating Officer of the Central Intelligence Agency (COO/CIA)
|inaugural = {{nowrap|VADM Albert M. Calland, USN}}
|salary = Executive Schedule, Level III{{UnitedStatesCode|5|5314}}
|website = {{url|www.cia.gov}}
}}
The deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DD/CIA) is a statutory office ({{UnitedStatesCode|50|3037}}) 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)
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Dwight D. Eisenhower|order=4}}{{Officeholder table|officeholder=Charles P. Cabell|image=Charles_p_cabell.jpg|military_rank=General|officeholder_altname=United States Air Force|born_year=1903|died_year=1971|term_start=April 23, 1953|term_end=January 31, 1962{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/afhra-141.290-13-folder-1 |title=Cabell, C.P., DD 214, in personal papers |author= |year=1962 |page=4 |publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency |access-date=August 30, 2022}} {{PD-notice}}|alt_officeholder=Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy|timeinoffice={{ayd|1953|4|23|1962|1|31}}|order=5}}{{Officeholder table|officeholder=Marshall Carter|military_rank=Lieutenant General|officeholder_altname=United States Army|image=Marshall_S._Carter.jpg|born_year=1909|died_year=1993|term_start=April 3, 1962|term_end=April 28, 1965|alt_officeholder=John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson|timeinoffice={{ayd|1962|4|3|1965|4|28}}|order=6}}{{Officeholder table|officeholder=Richard Helms|image=Richard M Helms.jpg|born_year=1913|died_year=2002|term_start=April 28, 1965|term_end=June 30, 1966|alt_officeholder=Lyndon B. Johnson|timeinoffice={{ayd|1965|4|28|1966|6|30}}|order=7}}{{Officeholder table|officeholder=Rufus Lackland Taylor|military_rank=Vice Admiral|image=Rufus L. Taylor.jpg|born_year=1910|died_year=1978|term_start=October 13, 1966|term_end=February 1, 1969|timeinoffice={{ayd|1966|10|13|1969|2|1}}|alt_officeholder=Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon|officeholder_altname=United States Navy|order=8}}{{Officeholder table|officeholder=Robert E. Cushman Jr.|born_year=1914|died_year=1985|military_rank=General|officeholder_altname=United States Marine Corps|image=Robert E. Cushman.jpg|term_start=May 7, 1969|term_end=December 31, 1971|timeinoffice={{ayd|1969|5|7|1971|12|31}}|alt_officeholder=Richard M. Nixon|order=9}}{{Officeholder table|military_rank=General|officeholder=Vernon A. Walters|officeholder_altname=United States Army|term_start=May 2, 1972|term_end=July 2, 1976|image=Vernon_A_Walters_02.jpg|born_year=1917|died_year=2002|timeinoffice={{ayd|1972|5|2|1976|7|2}}|order=10|alt_officeholder=Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford}}{{Officeholder table|image=|order=11|term_start=July 7, 1976|term_end=August 1, 1977|born_year=1925|died_year=2010|officeholder=E. Henry Knoche|timeinoffice={{ayd|1976|7|7|1977|8|1}}|alt_officeholder=Gerald R. Ford
Jimmy Carter}}{{Officeholder table|order=—|officeholder=John F. Blake|term_start=August 1, 1977|term_end=February 10, 1978|alt_officeholder=Jimmy Carter|timeinoffice={{ayd|1977|8|1|1978|2|10}}|born_year=1922|died_year=1995}}{{Officeholder table|order=12|officeholder=Frank Carlucci|image=Frank Carlucci official portrait.JPEG|born_year=1930|died_year=2018|term_start=February 10, 1978|term_end=February 5, 1981|timeinoffice={{ayd|1978|2|10|1981|2|5}}|officeholder_altname=|alt_officeholder=Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan}}{{Officeholder table|officeholder=Bobby Ray Inman|military_rank=Admiral|image=Admiral Bobby Ray Inman, official CIA photo, 1983.JPEG|order=13|term_start=February 12, 1981|term_end=June 10, 1982|born_year=1931|alt_officeholder=Ronald Reagan|timeinoffice={{ayd|1981|2|12|1982|6|10}}|officeholder_altname=United States Navy}}{{Officeholder table|order=14|officeholder=John N. McMahon|born_year=1929|term_end=March 29, 1986|term_start=June 10, 1982|timeinoffice={{ayd|1982|6|10|1986|3|29}}|alt_officeholder=Ronald Reagan}}{{Officeholder table|officeholder=Robert Gates|image=Robert_Gates_CIA_photo.jpg|order=15|born_year=1943|term_start=April 18, 1986|term_end=March 20, 1989|timeinoffice={{ayd|1986|4|18|1989|3|20}}|alt_officeholder=Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush}}{{Officeholder table|officeholder=Richard James Kerr|alt_officeholder=George H.W. Bush|born_year=1935|term_start=March 20, 1989|term_end=March 2, 1992|order=16|timeinoffice={{ayd|1989|3|20|1992|3|2}}}}{{Officeholder table|order=17|officeholder=Bill Studeman|officeholder_altname=United States Navy|military_rank=Admiral|born_year=1940|image=Vice Admiral William Studeman (NSA), 1988.jpg|term_start=April 9, 1992|term_end=July 3, 1995|timeinoffice={{ayd|1992|4|9|1995|7|3}}|alt_officeholder=George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton}}{{Officeholder table|order=18|officeholder=George Tenet|alt_officeholder=Bill Clinton|born_year=1953|image=George Tenet portrait headshot.jpg|term_start=July 3, 1995|term_end=July 11, 1997|timeinoffice={{ayd|1995|7|3|1997|7|11}}}}{{Officeholder table|order=19|military_rank=General|officeholder_altname=United States Air Force|image=John A Gordon.jpg|born_year=1946|died_year=2020|officeholder=John A. Gordon|term_start=October 31, 1997|term_end=June 29, 2000|alt_officeholder=Bill Clinton|timeinoffice={{ayd|1997|10|31|2000|6|29}}}}{{Officeholder table|order=20|image=John Edward McLaughlin speaking on May 28, 2004.jpg|born_year=1942|alt_officeholder=Bill Clinton
George W. Bush|officeholder=John E. McLaughlin|term_start=October 19, 2000|term_end=December 3, 2004|timeinoffice={{ayd|2000|10|19|2004|12|3}}}}{{Officeholder table end}}
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''.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| No.
!colspan="2" | Deputy Director of the CIA !Tenure !President(s) served under |
|---|
| colspan="5" | Position succeeded the deputy director of central intelligence |
| colspan="3" | Vacant
| December 3, 2004 – July 15, 2005 | rowspan="2" | George W. Bush |
| 1
| 70px | July 15, 2005 – July 23, 2006 |
| 2
| 70px | July 24, 2006 – May 5, 2010 | George W. Bush |
| 3
| 70px | May 7, 2010 – August 9, 2013 | rowspan="3" | Barack Obama |
| 4
| 70px | August 9, 2013 – January 10, 2015 |
| 5
| 70px | February 9, 2015 – January 20, 2017 |
| 6
| 70px | February 2, 2017 – May 21, 2018 | rowspan="3"| Donald Trump |
| colspan="3" | Vacant
| May 21, 2018 – August 1, 2018 |
| 7
| 70px | August 1, 2018 – January 20, 2021 |
| 8
| 70px | January 20, 2021 – January 20, 2025 |
| colspan="3" | Vacant
| January 20, 2025 – February 10, 2025 | rowspan="2"| Donald Trump |
| 9
| 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.