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

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Name Start End President(s)
File:Allen w dulles.jpg Allen Dulles January 4, 1951 August 23, 1951 Harry S. Truman
(1945–1953)
File:No image.svg Frank Wisner August 23, 1951 January 1, 1959
Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1953–1961)
File:Richard M. Bissell Jr.jpg Richard Bissell January 1, 1959 February 17, 1962
John F. Kennedy
(1961–1963)
File:Richard M Helms.jpg Richard Helms February 17, 1962 April 28, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
(1963–1969)
File:No image.svg Desmond FitzGerald June 28, 1965 July 23, 1967
File:No image.svg Thomas Karamessines July 31, 1967 February 27, 1973
Richard Nixon
(1969–1974)
File:William Colby.jpg William Colby March 2, 1973 August 24, 1973
File:No image.svg William Nelson August 24, 1973 May 14, 1976
Gerald Ford
(1974–1977)
File:No image.svg William Wells May 15, 1976 December 31, 1977
Jimmy Carter
(1977–1981)
File:No image.svg John McMahon January 11, 1978 April 12, 1981
Ronald Reagan
(1981–1989)
File:No image.svg Max Hugel May 11, 1981 July 14, 1981
File:No image.svg John Stein July 14, 1981 July 1, 1984
File:No image.svg Clair George July 1, 1984 December 1, 1987
File:No image.svg Richard Stolz January 4, 1988 December 31, 1990
George H. W. Bush
(1989–1993)
File:No image.svg Thomas Twetten January 1, 1991 December 1993
Bill Clinton
(1993–2001)
File:No image.svg Hugh Price January 1994 1995
File:No image.svg David Cohen 1995 1997
File:Jack Downing in 1999.jpg Jack G. Downing 1997 July 1999
File:No image.svg James Pavitt[5] August 1999 June 4, 2004
George W. Bush
(2001–2009)
File:Kappes.jpeg Stephen Kappes June 5, 2004 November 15, 2004
File:Jose Rodriguez CIA photograph.jpg Jose Rodriguez November 16, 2004 September 30, 2007
File:Michael J. Sulick, former Deputy Director, Clandestine Operations, CIA.jpg Michael Sulick September 30, 2007 July 30, 2010
Barack Obama
(2009–2017)
File:No image.svg John Bennett July 30, 2010 February 28, 2013
File:Gina Haspel official CIA portrait.jpg Gina Haspel
Acting 		February 28, 2013 May 7, 2013
File:No image.svg Frank Archibald[5] May 7, 2013 January 29, 2015
File:No image.svg Greg Vogle[6][7][8] January 29, 2015 August 2017
Donald Trump
(2017–2021)
File:No image.svg Beth Kimber[9][10][11] December 10, 2018 June 2021
Joe Biden
(2021–2025)
File:No image.svg David Marlowe[2] June 2021 June 2023
File:No image.svg Tom Sylvester June 2023 July 2025
Donald Trump
(2025–2029)
File:No image.svg Aaron Wegert[citation needed] August 2025 Present
Donald Trump
(2025–2029)

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