Director of Central Intelligence

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The Director of Central Intelligence was the former head of the U.S. intelligence community and chief executive of the Central Intelligence Agency prior to the role’s reorganization in 2005.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States government position
intelligence agency director role
appliesToJurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
appointedBy President of the United States
confirmedBy United States Senate
country United States of America
domain intelligence and espionage
national security
employer Central Intelligence Agency
endTime 2005
hasAuthorityOver Central Intelligence Agency
United States Intelligence Community
headOf Central Intelligence Agency
inception 1947
legalBasis United States federal law
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia
memberOf National Security Council of the United States
surface form: United States National Security Council
nativeLabel Director of Central Intelligence self-link
officeAbolishedBy Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
officeCreatedBy National Security Act of 1947
partOf United States Intelligence Community
positionHeldBy Allen Dulles
surface form: Allen W. Dulles

George H. W. Bush
George J. Tenet
James R. Schlesinger
John A. McCone
John M. Deutch
Porter Goss
surface form: Porter J. Goss

R. James Woolsey Jr.
Richard Helms
Robert M. Gates
Stansfield Turner
William Colby
surface form: William E. Colby

William H. Webster
William J. Casey
replacedBy Director of National Intelligence
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
reportsTo President of the United States
residence Washington, D.C.
responsibleFor coordinating U.S. foreign intelligence activities
overseeing national intelligence estimates
protecting intelligence sources and methods
scopeOfRole chief executive of the Central Intelligence Agency
head of U.S. intelligence community
seat Langley, Virginia
shortName DNI
surface form: DCI
status defunct position
usedUntil creation of the Director of National Intelligence in 2005

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George H. W. Bush positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
Office of Policy Coordination supervisedBy Director of Central Intelligence
Office of Policy Coordination subordinateTo Director of Central Intelligence
John M. Deutch positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
Allen Dulles positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
Allen Dulles positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
this entity surface form: Director of Central Intelligence Agency
William Colby positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
Director of Central Intelligence nativeLabel Director of Central Intelligence self-link
Robert M. Gates positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
William J. Casey positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
Richard Helms positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
Bedell positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
subject surface form: Walter Bedell Smith
OPC reportingTo Director of Central Intelligence
subject surface form: Office of Policy Coordination
NSC 10/2 directive oversightBy Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Group directorTitle Director of Central Intelligence
Schlesinger positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
subject surface form: James R. Schlesinger
Colby positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
subject surface form: William Colby
Rodney positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
subject surface form: James R. Schlesinger
Deutch positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
subject surface form: John M. Deutch
Porter Goss positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
Clover Todd Dulles positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
subject surface form: Allen Welsh Dulles
John A. McCone positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
Office of National Estimates subordinateTo Director of Central Intelligence
Office of National Estimates reportsTo Director of Central Intelligence
National Intelligence Estimates historicallyCoordinatedBy Director of Central Intelligence
John positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
subject surface form: John M. Deutch
Stansfield Turner positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
William H. Webster positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
George J. Tenet positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
Hoyt S. Vandenberg positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
Dulles positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
subject surface form: Allen Dulles
Rachel Line Mellinger positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
subject surface form: James R. Schlesinger
National Counterintelligence Center Director differentFrom Director of Central Intelligence
Barbara Heinzen positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
subject surface form: William Colby
Bradley Gates positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
subject surface form: Robert M. Gates
Sidney Souers positionHeld Director of Central Intelligence
Directorate of Plans subordinateTo Director of Central Intelligence