Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency - DDCIA - |
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Acting Deputy Director Vaughn Bishop |
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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 |
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Vice Admiral Albert Calland | July 15, 2005 - July 23, 2006 | George W. Bush | |
Stephen Kappes | July 24, 2006 - May 5, 2010 | George W. Bush | |
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
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: cia.gov ), accessed on July 30, 2013, organizational chart of the CIA, (not kept secret)