Rear Adm. Sidney W. Souers, USNR ^*

23 January 1946 —10 June 1946

Lt. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, USA ^*

10 June 1946 —1 May 1947

Rear Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, USN**

1 May 1947 — 7 October 1950

Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, USA

7 October 1950 — 9 February 1953

The Honorable Allen W. Dulles ¹

26 February 1953 — 29 November 1961

The Honorable John A. McCone

29 November 1961— 28 April 1965

Vice Adm. William F. Raborn, Jr., USN (Ret.)

28 April 1965 — 30 June 1966

The Honorable Richard M. Helms

30 June 1966 — 2 February 1973

The Honorable James R. Schlesinger

2 February 1973 — 2 July 1973

The Honorable William E. Colby

4 September 1973 — 30 January 1976

The Honorable George H. W. Bush

30 January 1976 — 20 January 1977

Adm. Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret.) ²

9 March 1977— 20 January 1981

The Honorable William J. Casey

28 January 1981— 29 January 1987

The Honorable William H. Webster

26 May 1987— 31 August 1991

The Honorable Robert M. Gates

6 November 1991— 20 January 1993

The Honorable R. James Woolsey

5 February 1993 — 10 January 1995

The Honorable John M. Deutch

10 May 1995 — 15 December 1996

The Honorable George J. Tenet

11 July 1997 — 11 July 2004

The Honorable Porter J. Goss

24 September 2004 — Present

1 Mr. Dulles served as Acting DCI 9—26 February. [Back]

2 Admiral Turner retired from the Navy on 31 December 1978 while serving as DCI. [Back]

* Before the National Security Act of 26 July 1947 established the Central Intelligence Agency on 18 September 1947, the Director of Central Intelligence served as a member of the National Intelligence Authority and head of the Central Intelligence Group by authority of a Presidential Directive of 22 January 1946. [Back]

** The National Security Act of 26 July 1947 established the Central Intelligence Agency, which replaced the Central Intelligence Group on 18 September 1947. [Back]

Kingman Douglass ¹

2 March 1946 —11 July 1946

Brig. Gen. Edwin K. Wright, USA

20 January 1947— 9 March 1949

The Honorable William H. Jackson

7 October 1950 — 3 August 1951

The Honorable Allen W. Dulles

23 August 1951— 26 February 1953

Gen. Charles P. Cabell, USAF

23 April 1953 — 31 January 1962

Lt. Gen. Marshall S. Carter, USA

3 April 1962 — 28 April 1965

The Honorable Richard M. Helms

28 April 1965 — 30 June 1966

Vice Adm. Rufus L. Taylor, USN

13 October 1966 —1 February 1969

Lt. Gen. Robert E. Cushman, Jr., USMC

7 May 1969 — 31 December 1971

Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters, USA ²

2 May 1972 — 7 July 1976

The Honorable E. Henry Knoche ³

7 July 1976 —1 August 1977

John F. Blake ⁴

1 August 1977—10 February 1978

The Honorable Frank C. Carlucci

10 February 1978 — 5 February 1981

Adm. Bobby R. Inman, USN

12 February 1981—10 June 1982

The Honorable John N. McMahon

10 June 1982 — 29 March 1986

The Honorable Robert M. Gates ⁵

18 April 1986 — 20 March 1989

The Honorable Richard J. Kerr ⁶

20 March 1989 — 2 March 1992

Adm. William O. Studeman ⁷, USN

9 April 1992 — 3 July 1995

The Honorable George J. Tenet ⁸

3 July 1995 —11 July 1997

Gen. John A. Gordon, USAF

31 October 1997 —29 June 2000

The Honorable John E. McLaughlin ⁹

19 October 2000 — Present

1 Mr. Douglass served as Acting DDCI 2 March 1946 —11 July 1946. [Back]

2 Gen. Walters served as Acting DCI 2 July 1973 — 4 September 1973. [Back]

3 Mr. Knoche served as Acting DCI 20 January 1977— 9 March 1977. [Back]

4 Mr. Blake served as Acting DDCI 1 August 1977—10 February 1978. [Back]

5 Mr. Gates served as Acting DCI 18 December 1986 — 26 May 1987. [Back]

6 Mr. Kerr served as Acting DCI 1 September 1991— 6 November 1991. [Back]

7 Admiral Studeman served as Acting DCI 21 January 1993 —5 February 1993 and 11 January 1995 — 9 May 1995. [Back]

8 Mr. Tenet served as Acting DCI 16 December 1996 —11 July 1997. [Back]

9 Mr. McLaughlin served as Acting DCI 12 July 2004-24 September 2004. [Back]