Director of the National Clandestine Service

Deputy Director of Operations redirects here. The term Deputy Director of Operations (DDO) may also be used generically in business of other organizations.

The Director of the National Clandestine Service (D/NCS) is a senior United States government official in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency who serves as head of the National Clandestine Service (formerly 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 for Plans (DDP). The position was then known as Deputy Director for Operations (DDO) until October 13, 2005 when, under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the position was renamed to D/NCS.

Director		Tenure	President(s) served under
	Allen Dulles	January 4, 1951 – August 23, 1951	Harry S. Truman
	Frank Wisner	August 23, 1951 – January 1, 1959	Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower
70px	Richard Bissell	January 1, 1959 – February 17, 1962	Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy
	Richard Helms	February 17, 1962 – April 28, 1965	John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson
	Desmond Fitzgerald	June 28, 1965 – July 23, 1967	Lyndon B. Johnson
	Thomas Karamessines	July 31, 1967 – February 27, 1973	Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon
	William Colby	March 2, 1973 – August 24, 1973	Richard Nixon
	William Nelson	August 24, 1973 – May 14, 1976	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
	William Wells	May 15, 1976 – December 31, 1977	Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
	John McMahon	January 11, 1978 – April 12, 1981	Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan
	Max Hugel	May 11, 1981 – July 14, 1981	Ronald Reagan
	John Stein	July 14, 1981 – July 1, 1984
	Clair George	July 1, 1984 – December 1, 1987
	Richard Stolz	January 4, 1988 – December 31, 1990	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
	Thomas Twetten	January 1, 1991 – December 1993	George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton
	Hugh Price	January 1994–1995	Bill Clinton
	David Cohen	1995–1997
	Jack Downing	1997 – July 1999
	James Pavitt	August 1999 – June 4, 2004	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
	Stephen Kappes	August 2004 – November 2004	George W. Bush
70px	Jose Rodriguez	November 16, 2004 – September 30, 2007
70px	Michael Sulick	September 30, 2007 – July 30, 2010	George W. Bush Barack Obama
	John Bennett	July 30, 2010 – February 28, 2013	Barack Obama
	Gina Haspel Acting	February 28, 2013 – May 7, 2013	Barack Obama
	Frank Archibald	May 7, 2013 – January 29, 2015	Barack Obama
	Greg Vogel	January 29, 2015 – present	Barack Obama

Sources

• 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.