Michael D'Andrea

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Michael D'Andrea is a  CIA officer . Since 2017 he has headed their Iran Mission Center. He was instrumental in the manhunt for Osama bin Laden and in the  targeted killings by combat drones. According to Russian intelligence sources, d'Andrea is said to have died when a US reconnaissance plane was shot down over Afghanistan on January 27, 2020.

Life

D'Andrea grew up in Northern Virginia. He met his wife, Faridah Currimjee, while working for the CIA abroad, and converted to  Islam in order to marry her. His wife is the daughter of a wealthy Muslim family from Mauritius .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matthew Rosenberg: CIA Names New Iran Chief in a Sign of Trump's Hard Line , The New York Times . June 2, 2017. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. 
  2. ↑ "CIA-chief 'behind Soleimani's assassination' killed in downed plane in Afghanistan" , Middle East Monitor, January 28, 2020.
  3. ↑ John Cook: Why Won't the Post Name CIA Counterterrorism Chief Michael D'Andrea? , Gawker . March 26, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2017. 
  4. ↑ CIA Agent Ayatollah Mike's Face Revealed: Iran's View , Iran's View . June 3, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2017. 
personal data
SURNAME D'Andrea, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Central Intelligence Agency official
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century