Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency - DDCIA -
Acting Deputy Director Vaughn Bishop
Appointed by	President of the United States
First incumbent	Vice Admiral Albert M. Calland July 15, 2005–23. July 2006
Current incumbent	Vaughn Bishop since August 1, 2018
Creation of office	April 21, 2005
Salutation	Deputy Director (official) Sir
Deputy of	Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Website	cia.gov

The deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, DDCIA) is a government official of the United States of America and senior executive of the US Foreign Intelligence Service Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The current incumbent is Vaughn Bishop .

history

Under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of November 2004, in which the office of Director of Central Intelligence (DCI ) was split into the offices of Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DCIA) and Director of National Intelligence (DNI) the office of the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (DDCI) was also split into the offices of Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DDCIA) and that of Deputy Director of National Intelligence (DDNI).

appointment

Officially, it is up to the director of the Central Intelligence Agency who he appoints as his deputy. However, the opinion of the president plays a fundamental role in filling the post.

In contrast to the appointment of the director, under current law, the appointment of the deputy director does not require the approval of the US Senate .

task

The main task of the deputy director is to support the director in all of his actions. He can perform the duties of the director if the office of the director is vacant or if the director is ill, unable to work and unable to work. It is also up to the director of the CIA to decide which other special tasks he will hand over to his deputy.

Previous incumbent

		Term of office	appointed by president
	Vice Admiral Albert Calland	July 15, 2005 - July 23, 2006	George W. Bush
	Stephen Kappes	July 24, 2006 - May 5, 2010	George W. Bush Barack Obama
	Michael Morell	May 7, 2010 - August 9, 2013	Barack Obama
	Avril Haines	August 9, 2013 - January 10, 2015
	David S. Cohen	February 9, 2015 - January 20, 2017
	Gina Haspel	February 2, 2017 - May 21, 2018	Donald Trump
	vacant	May 21, 2018 - August 1, 2018
	Vaughn Bishop	since August 1, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: cia.gov ), accessed on July 30, 2013, organizational chart of the CIA, (not kept secret)