The Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DD/CIA) is a statutory office () and the second-highest official of the

Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...

. The DD/CIA assists the

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency The director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA) is a statutory office () that functions as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, which in turn is a part of the United States Intelligence Community. Beginning February 2017, the ...

(D/CIA) and is authorized to exercise the powers of the D/CIA when the Director's position is vacant or in the Director's absence or disability. Under current law, the Deputy Director is appointed by the

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and is not required to be confirmed by the

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. This position has been held by David Cohen since January 20, 2021.

History

The functions of this position were served by the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (DDCI) until that position was abolished under the

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of 2004. The position of DD/CIA was created administratively by then-D/CIA

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and received statutory approval from the

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in 2010. The first DD/CIA was

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, appointed by the

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in 1946. In April 1953, Congress amended the

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to allow the

to appoint the DDCI (with U.S. Senate confirmation). The amendment stipulated that the Director and Deputy Director positions could not be simultaneously filled by military officers.

List of Deputy Directors of Central Intelligence (1946–2004)

Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2005–present)

Hereafter the "Deputy Director of Central Intelligence" position was replaced by Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence''.

In popular culture

In the novel ''

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'', the character Vice Admiral James Greer is the fictional Deputy Director of the CIA; former U.S. Marine Jack Ryan takes over this role after Admiral Greer's death in ''

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''. He subsequently retires from the position following a highly publicized media scandal and the detonation of a

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at the

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in '' The Sum of All Fears''. In the animated sitcom ''

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'', the character

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is the fictional Deputy Director of the CIA.

References

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