Director of National Intelligence

The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is the United States government official subject to the authority, direction and control of the President who is responsible under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for:

• Serving as the principal adviser to the President, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council for intelligence matters related to the national security;
• Serving as the head of the sixteen-member Intelligence Community; and
• Overseeing and directing the National Intelligence Program.

Director of National Intelligence
Seal of the Director of National Intelligence
Incumbent Tulsi Gabbard since February 12, 2025
Office of the Director
Style	Madam Director (informal) The Honorable (formal)
Member of	Cabinet National Security Council Homeland Security Council
Reports to	President
Seat	Washington, D.C.
Appointer	President with Senate advice and consent
Constituting instrument	50 U.S.C. § 3023
Precursor	Director of Central Intelligence (DCI)
Formation	December 17, 2004
First holder	John Negroponte
Deputy	Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (PDDNI)
Website	www.odni.gov

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Directors

Position succeeded the Director of Central Intelligence.

No.	Image	Name	Start	End	Duration	President(s)
1		Negroponte, JohnJohn Negroponte	April 21, 2005	February 13, 2007	1 year, 298 days		Bush, George W.George W. Bush (2001–2009)
2		McConnell, MikeMike McConnell	February 13, 2007	January 27, 2009	1 year, 349 days
–		Burgess, RonaldRonald Burgess Acting	January 27, 2009	January 29, 2009	2 days		Obama, BarackBarack Obama (2009–2017)
3		Blair, DennisDennis Blair	January 29, 2009	May 28, 2010	1 year, 119 days
–		Gompert, DavidDavid Gompert Acting	May 28, 2010	August 5, 2010	69 days
4		Clapper, JamesJames Clapper	August 5, 2010	January 20, 2017	6 years, 168 days
–		Dempsey, MikeMike Dempsey Acting	January 20, 2017	March 16, 2017	55 days		Trump, DonaldDonald Trump (2017–2021)
5		Coats, DanDan Coats	March 16, 2017	August 15, 2019	2 years, 152 days
–		Maguire, JoeJoe Maguire Acting	August 15, 2019	February 20, 2020	189 days
–		Grenell, RickRick Grenell Acting	February 20, 2020	May 26, 2020	96 days
6		Ratcliffe, JohnJohn Ratcliffe	May 26, 2020	January 20, 2021	239 days
–		Shiao, LoraLora Shiao Acting	January 20, 2021	January 21, 2021	1 day		Biden, JoeJoe Biden (2021–2025)
7		Haines, AvrilAvril Haines	January 21, 2021	January 20, 2025	3 years, 365 days
–		Dixon, StaceyStacey Dixon Acting	January 20, 2025	January 25, 2025	5 days		Trump, DonaldDonald Trump (2025–present)
–		Shiao, LoraLora Shiao Acting	January 25, 2025	February 12, 2025	18 days
8		Gabbard, TulsiTulsi Gabbard	February 12, 2025	Incumbent	283 days