List of Directors of Central Intelligence (in Chronological Order)
| Director | Tenure | President(s) served under | ||||
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| Position succeeded the Director of Central Intelligence | ||||||
| RADM Sidney Souers, USN | January 23, 1946 – June 10, 1946 | Harry S. Truman | ||||
| LTG Hoyt Vandenberg, USA | June 10, 1946 – May 1, 1947 | |||||
| RADM Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, USN | May 1, 1947 – October 7, 1950 | |||||
| GEN Walter Bedell Smith, USA | October 7, 1950 – February 9, 1953 | |||||
| Allen W. Dulles | February 26, 1953 – November 29, 1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||||
| John McCone | November 29, 1961 – April 28, 1965 | John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson |
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| VADM William Raborn, USN* | April 28, 1965 – June 30, 1966 | Lyndon B. Johnson | ||||
| Richard M. Helms | June 30, 1966 – February 2, 1973 | Lyndon B. Johnson Richard M. Nixon |
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| James R. Schlesinger | February 2, 1973 – July 2, 1973 | Richard M. Nixon | ||||
| William E. Colby | September 4, 1973 – January 30, 1976 | Richard M. Nixon Gerald R. Ford |
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| George H. W. Bush | January 30, 1976 – January 20, 1977 | Gerald R. Ford | ||||
| ADM Stansfield Turner, USN | March 9, 1977 – January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter | ||||
| William J. Casey | January 28, 1981 – January 29, 1987 | Ronald Regan | ||||
| William H. Webster | May 26, 1987 – August 31, 1991 | Ronald Regan George H.W. Bush |
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| Robert M. Gates | November 6, 1991 – January 20, 1993 | George H.W. Bush | ||||
| R. James Woolsey | February 5, 1993 – January 10, 1995 | Bill Clinton | ||||
| John M. Deutch | May 10, 1995 – December 15, 1996 | |||||
| George J. Tenet | July 11, 1997 – July 11, 2004 | Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
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| Porter J. Goss | September 24, 2004 – April 21, 2005 | George W. Bush | ||||
| Position replaced by Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Director of National Intelligence. | ||||||
| *Retired from Navy prior to being named DCI. | ||||||
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