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Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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Incumbent Gina Haspel since 26 April 2018
Central Intelligence Agency
Reports to	President Director of National Intelligence
Seat	George Bush Center for Intelligence, Langley, Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
Appointer	President
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	50 U.S.C. § 3036
Precursor	Director of Central Intelligence
Inaugural holder	Porter J. Goss
Formation	April 21, 2005
Deputy	Deputy Director of the CIA
Salary	Executive Schedule, II

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA) serves as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, which is part of the United States Intelligence Community. He/She reports to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI).

The Director is assisted by the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The Director is nominated by the President, with the concurring or nonconcurring recommendation from the Director of National Intelligence and must be confirmed by majority vote from the Senate.

List of directors

What follows is a list of Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency (in chronological order).

Director		Tenure	President(s) served under
Position succeeded the Director of Central Intelligence
	Porter Goss	April 21, 2005 – May 26, 2006	George W. Bush
	Michael Hayden	May 30, 2006 – February 12, 2009
			Barack Obama
	Leon Panetta	February 13, 2009 – July 1, 2011
	Michael Morell Acting	July 1, 2011 – September 6, 2011
	David Petraeus	September 6, 2011 – November 9, 2012
	Michael Morell Acting	November 9, 2012 – March 8, 2013
	John Brennan	March 8, 2013 – January 20, 2017
	Meroe Park Acting	January 20, 2017 – January 23, 2017	Donald Trump
	Mike Pompeo	January 23, 2017 – April 26, 2018
	Gina Haspel	Since April 26, 2018