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

Position succeeded the Director of Central Intelligence.

No.	Image	Name	Start	End	Duration	President(s)
1		John Negroponte	April 21, 2005	February 13, 2007	1 year, 298 days		George W. Bush
2		Mike McConnell	February 13, 2007	January 27, 2009	1 year, 349 days
–		Ronald Burgess Acting	January 27, 2009	January 29, 2009	2 days		Barack Obama
3		Dennis Blair	January 29, 2009	May 28, 2010	1 year, 119 days
–		David Gompert Acting	May 28, 2010	August 5, 2010	69 days
4		James Clapper	August 5, 2010	January 20, 2017	6 years, 168 days
–		Mike Dempsey Acting	January 20, 2017	March 16, 2017	55 days		Donald Trump
5		Dan Coats	March 16, 2017	August 15, 2019	2 years, 152 days
–		Joe Maguire Acting	August 15, 2019	February 20, 2020	189 days
–		Rick Grenell Acting	February 20, 2020	May 26, 2020	96 days
6		John Ratcliffe	May 26, 2020	January 20, 2021	239 days
–		Lora Shiao Acting	January 20, 2021	January 21, 2021	1 day		Joe Biden
7		Avril Haines	January 21, 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 297 days
Nominee		Tulsi Gabbard	TBD				Donald Trump