Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
| Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the FBI | |
 Flag of the FBI | |
| Reports to | Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Appointer | Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Inaugural holder | Clyde Tolson (BOI) |
| Formation | 1930 (as Associate Director) |
| Deputy | Associate Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation |
The Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (known as the Associate Director before) is a senior United States government position in the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Deputy directors
[change | change source]| No. | Portrait | Officeholder | Term | Director | President | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | |||||
| 1 | 
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Clyde Tolson | 1930 | May 2, 1972 | J. Edgar Hoover | Herbert Hoover |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | ||||||
| Harry S. Truman | ||||||
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||||||
| John F. Kennedy | ||||||
| Lyndon B. Johnson | ||||||
| Richard Nixon | ||||||
| 2 | 
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Mark Felt | May 3, 1972 | June 22, 1973 | Vacant | Richard Nixon |
| 3 | 
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James B. Adams | June 22, 1973 | February 5, 1978 | Clarence M. Kelley | Richard Nixon |
| Gerald Ford | ||||||
| Jimmy Carter | ||||||
| 4 | April 6, 1978 | May 11, 1979 | William H. Webster | |||
| 5 | 
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Floyd I. Clarke | May 11, 1979 | July 19, 1993 | ||
| Ronald Reagan | ||||||
| William S. Sessions | George H. W. Bush | |||||
| Bill Clinton | ||||||
| 6 | 
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David G. Binney | February 1994 | December 1994 | Louis Freeh | |
| 7 |
|
Larry A. Potts | February 1995 | May 2, 1995 | ||
| May 2, 1995 | July 14, 1995 | |||||
| 8 |
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Weldon L. Kennedy | August 8, 1995 | February 1997 | ||
| 9 |
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William J. Esposito | February 28, 1997 | September 30, 1997[1] | ||
| 10 |
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Robert M. Bryant[2] | October 1, 1997 | October 31, 1999 | ||
| 11 | 
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Thomas J. Pickard | November 1, 1999 | November 30, 2001[3] | ||
| Thomas J. Pickard | Robert Mueller | George W. Bush | ||||
| 12 |
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Bruce J. Gebhardt | 2002 | 2004 | ||
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John S. Pistole | October 1, 2004 | May 17, 2010 | ||
| Barack Obama | ||||||
| 14 | 
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Timothy P. Murphy | July 8, 2010 | August 31, 2011 | ||
| 15 | .jpg)
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Sean M. Joyce | September 1, 2011 | November 30, 2013 | ||
| James Comey | ||||||
| 16 | 
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Mark F. Giuliano | December 1, 2013 | February 1, 2016 | ||
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Andrew McCabe | February 1, 2016[4] | January 29, 2018[5] | ||
| Donald Trump | ||||||
| Christopher A. Wray | ||||||
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David Bowdich | January 29, 2018 | April 13, 2018 | ||
| April 13, 2018 | February 1, 2021 | |||||
| February 1, 2021 | ||||||
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Paul Abbate | January 20, 2025 | Joe Biden | ||
| – |
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Robert Kissane Acting |
January 20, 2025 | March 17, 2025 | Kash Patel | Donald Trump |
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Dan Bongino | March 17, 2025 | Incumbent | ||
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Johnston, David (September 11, 1997). "No. 2 Man at F.B.I., Important Manager, Retires This Month". The New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2018 – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ "Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20 - ROBERT M. BRYANT, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, FED". www.govinfo.gov. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- ↑ "FBI Deputy Director Thomas J. Pickard Announces his Retirement" (Press release). FBI. Archived from the original on May 22, 2007. Retrieved May 30, 2007.
- ↑ "Andrew G. McCabe Named Deputy Director of the FBI" (Press release). Federal Bureau of Investigation. January 29, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
- ↑ Pramuk, Jacob (January 29, 2018). "FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, frequent target of Trump's ire, steps down: NBC News". CNBC. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
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