Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Incumbent
Left to right
Dan Bongino and Andrew Bailey
since March 17, 2025 and September 8, 2025, respectively
Reports toDirector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
AppointerDirector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Inaugural holderClyde Tolson (BOI)
Formation1930 (as Associate Director)
DeputyAssociate Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

The deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (formerly known as the associate director) is a senior United States government position in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The office is second in command to the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. If the director is absent or the position is vacant, the deputy director automatically takes on the additional title and role of acting director. The office is also the highest position attainable within the FBI without being appointed by the president of the United States. Responsibilities as deputy director include assisting the director and leading prominent investigations. All other FBI executives and special agents in charge report to the director through the deputy director.

Dan Bongino has been the 20th deputy director in March 2025. In August 2025, the Department of Justice announced a co-deputy structure, with Missouri attorney general Andrew Bailey appointed to serve alongside Bongino. Bailey assumed the role September 8, 2025 after resigning as attorney general.[1][2]

History

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From 1978 to 1987, the position of deputy director was not filled due to William Hedgcock Webster's decision to divide the deputy's responsibility between three positions.[citation needed]

Deputy directors

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No. Portrait Officeholder Term Director President
Start End
1 File:Clyde Tolson.jpg Clyde Tolson 1930 May 2, 1972 J. Edgar Hoover Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
2 File:MarkFelt.jpg Mark Felt May 3, 1972 June 22, 1973 Vacant Richard Nixon
3 File:Jbadams.jpg James B. Adams June 22, 1973 February 5, 1978 Clarence M. Kelley Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
4 April 6, 1978 May 11, 1979 William H. Webster
5 File:Clarke-lg.jpg Floyd I. Clarke May 11, 1979 July 19, 1993
Ronald Reagan
William S. Sessions George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
6 File:No image.svg David G. Binney February 1994 December 1994 Louis Freeh
7 File:No image.svg Larry A. Potts February 1995 May 2, 1995
May 2, 1995 July 14, 1995
8 File:No image.svg Weldon L. Kennedy August 8, 1995 February 1997
9 File:No image.svg William J. Esposito February 28, 1997 September 30, 1997[3]
10 File:No image.svg Robert M. Bryant[4] October 1, 1997 October 31, 1999
11 File:Pickard-lg.jpg Thomas J. Pickard November 1, 1999 November 30, 2001[5]
Thomas J. Pickard Robert Mueller George W. Bush
12 File:No image.svg Bruce J. Gebhardt 2002 2004
13 File:John Pistole - FBI portrait (cropped).jpg John S. Pistole October 1, 2004 May 17, 2010
Barack Obama
14 File:Timothy P Murphy.jpg Timothy P. Murphy July 8, 2010 August 31, 2011
15 File:Sean M. Joyce (cropped).jpg Sean M. Joyce September 1, 2011 November 30, 2013
James Comey
16 Mark F. Giuliano December 1, 2013 February 1, 2016
17 File:Andrew McCabe official portrait (cropped).jpg Andrew McCabe February 1, 2016[6] January 29, 2018[7]
Donald Trump
Christopher A. Wray
18 File:David Bowdich official photo (cropped).jpg David Bowdich January 29, 2018 April 13, 2018
April 13, 2018 February 1, 2021
19 File:Paul Abbate, official portrait (2018).jpg Paul Abbate February 1, 2021 January 20, 2025 Joe Biden
– File:No image.svg Robert Kissane
Acting 		January 20, 2025 March 17, 2025 Kash Patel Donald Trump
20 File:Dan Bongino, official portrait (2025) (cropped).jpg Dan Bongino March 17, 2025 Incumbent
- File:Andrew Bailey, official portrait (2025, cropped).jpg Andrew Bailey[a][1][2] September 8, 2025

Notes

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  1. ^ Serves concurrently with Dan Bongino as co-deputy director.

References

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