Historical Dictionary of United States Intelligence

Appendix A

Directors of Central Intelligence

225

Name Service Dates

Sidney W. Souers 23 January 1946–10 June 1946

Hoyt S. Vandenberg 10 June 1946–1 May 1947

Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter 1 May 1947–7 October 1950

Walter Bedell Smith 7 October 1950–9 February 1953

Allen W. Dulles 26 February 1953–29 November 1961

John A. McCone 29 November 1961–28 April 1965

William F. Raborn Jr. 28 April 1965–30 June 1966

Richard M. Helms 30 June 1966–2 February 1973

James R. Schlesinger 2 February 1973–2 July 1973

William E. Colby 4 September 1973–30 January 1976

George H. W. Bush 30 January 1976–20 January 1977

Stansfield Turner 8 March 1977–20 January 1981

William J. Casey 28 January 1981–29 January 1987

William H. Webster 26 May 1987–31 August 1991

Robert M. Gates 6 November 1991–20 January 1993

R. James Woolsey 5 February 1993–10 January 1995

John M. Deutch 10 May 1995–15 December 1996

George J. Tenet 11 July 1997–11 July 2004

Porter Goss 22 September 2004–Present*

*DCI Goss, in 2005, relinquished his intelligence community responsibilities and became the

first sole director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

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