Director of National Intelligence

Director of National Intelligence
Seal of the Director of National Intelligence
Incumbent John Ratcliffe since May 26, 2020
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

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.

Directors of National Intelligence

No.	Director		Term of Office	President(s) served under
Position succeeded the Director of Central Intelligence
1		John Negroponte	April 21, 2005 – February 13, 2007	George W. Bush
2		Mike McConnell	February 13, 2007 – January 27, 2009
3		Dennis C. Blair	January 29, 2009 – May 28, 2010	Barack Obama
		David Gompert Acting	May 28, 2010 – August 5, 2010
4		James R. Clapper	August 5, 2010 – January 20, 2017
–		Mike Dempsey Acting	January 20, 2017 – March 16, 2017	Donald Trump
5		Dan Coats	March 16, 2017 – August 15, 2019
–		Joseph Maguire Acting	August 15, 2019 – February 20, 2020
–		Richard Grenell Acting	February 20, 2020 – May 26, 2020
6		John Ratcliffe	Since May 26, 2020