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 Avril Haines since January 21, 2021
United States Intelligence Community
Member of	Cabinet National Security Council (NSC)
Reports to	President of the United States
Seat	Washington, D.C.
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Constituting instrument	50 U.S.C. § 3023
Precursor	Director of Central Intelligence (DCI)
Formation	April 22, 2005
First holder	John Negroponte
Deputy	Susan M. Gordon, Principal Deputy Director
Website	www.dni.gov

Directors of National Intelligence

No.	Director		Term of office	Days in office (yrs, dys)	Rank by length of term	President(s) served under
Position succeeded the Director of Central Intelligence
1		John Negroponte	April 21, 2005 – February 13, 2007	663 days (1 year, 298 days)	4	George W. Bush
2		Mike McConnell	February 13, 2007 – January 27, 2009	714 days (1 year, 349 days)	3
3		Dennis C. Blair	January 29, 2009 – May 28, 2010	484 days (1 year, 119 days)	5	Barack Obama
–		David Gompert Acting	May 28, 2010 – August 5, 2010	n/a	n/a
4		James Clapper	August 5, 2010 – January 20, 2017	2,360 days (6 years, 168 days)	1
–		Mike Dempsey Acting	January 20, 2017 – March 16, 2017	n/a	n/a	Donald Trump
5		Dan Coats	March 16, 2017 – August 15, 2019	882 days (2 years, 152 days)	2
–		Joseph Maguire Acting	August 16, 2019 – February 20, 2020	n/a	n/a
–		Richard Grenell Acting	February 20, 2020 – May 26, 2020	n/a	n/a
6		John Ratcliffe	May 26, 2020 – January 20, 2021	239 days (239 days)	6
–		Lora Shiao Acting	January 20, 2021	n/a	n/a	Joe Biden
7		Avril Haines	January 21, 2021 – present	1,360 days	7

  Denotes an Acting Director of National Intelligence