Deputy Director of the CIA for Operations
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The deputy director of the CIA for operations is a senior United States government official in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency who serves as head of the Directorate of Operations. The position was established December 1, 1950 and from January 4, 1951, until March 1, 1973, it was known as Deputy Director of Plans (DDP). When this unit was known as the Directorate of Plans, it at first accounted for about 75% of the CIA budget and about 60% of the personnel within the CIA.[1]
After staying named the deputy director of plans until 1973, the position was then known as Deputy Director for Operations (DDO) until December 17, 2004 when, under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the position was renamed to Director of the National Clandestine Service (D/NCS). When David Marlowe was chosen to lead the Directorate of Operations by CIA Director William J. Burns in June 2021, media reported his position as being titled Deputy Director of Operations.[2][3][4]
List of Deputy Directors of Operations
| Name | Start | End | President(s) | ||
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| File:Allen w dulles.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (1945–1953) |
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| rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (1953–1961) | ||||
| File:Richard M. Bissell Jr.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | ||
| rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (1961–1963) | ||||
| File:Richard M Helms.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | ||
| rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (1963–1969) | ||||
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| File:No image.svg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | ||
| rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (1969–1974) | ||||
| File:William Colby.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | ||
| File:No image.svg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | ||
| rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (1974–1977) | ||||
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| rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (1977–1981) | ||||
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| rowspan=5 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (1981–1989) | ||||
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| File:No image.svg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | ||
| File:No image.svg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | ||
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| rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (1989–1993) | ||||
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| rowspan=5 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (1993–2001) | ||||
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| File:No image.svg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | ||
| File:Jack Downing in 1999.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | ||
| File:No image.svg | Script error: No such module "Sort".[5] | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | ||
| rowspan=4 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (2001–2009) | ||||
| File:Kappes.jpeg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | ||
| File:Jose Rodriguez CIA photograph.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | ||
| File:Michael J. Sulick, former Deputy Director, Clandestine Operations, CIA.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | ||
| rowspan=5 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (2009–2017) | ||||
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| File:Gina Haspel official CIA portrait.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". ActingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| File:No image.svg | Script error: No such module "Sort".[5] | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | ||
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| rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (2017–2021) | ||||
| File:No image.svg | Script error: No such module "Sort".[9][10][11] | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | ||
| rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (2021–2025) | ||||
| File:No image.svg | Script error: No such module "Sort".[2] | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | ||
| File:No image.svg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Dts | present | ||
| style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (2025–present) | ||||
Sources
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- CIA's senior management structure, letter dated July 2, 1991 from William H. Webster, Director of Central Intelligence to U.S. Senator John Glenn, Select Senate Committee on Intelligence.
- "CIA plans riskier, more aggressive espionage," USA Today, November 17, 2004.
- Director Leon E. Panetta Announces New National Clandestine Service Chief, press release dated July 21, 2010.