In office April 26, 2018 – January 20, 2021 Acting: April 26, 2018 – May 21, 2018
President
Donald Trump
Deputy
Vaughn Bishop
Preceded by
Mike Pompeo
Succeeded by
William J. Burns
6th Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
In office February 2, 2017 – May 21, 2018
President
Donald Trump
Preceded by
David Cohen
Succeeded by
Vaughn Bishop
Director of the National Clandestine Service
Acting
In office February 28, 2013 – May 7, 2013
President
Barack Obama
Preceded by
John Bennett
Succeeded by
Frank Archibald
Personal details
Born
Gina Cheri Walker
(1956-10-01) October 1, 1956 (age 67) Ashland, Kentucky, U.S.
Spouse
Jeff Haspel
(m. 1976; div. 1985)
Education
University of Kentucky University of Louisville (BA) Northeastern University (Cert)
Awards
Presidential Rank Award Donovan Award Intelligence Medal of Merit
Gina Haspel's voice
Haspel's opening statement at her confirmation hearing to be CIA director Recorded May 9, 2018
Gina Cheri Walker Haspel (born October 1, 1956) is an American intelligence officer who was the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from May 21, 2018, to January 20, 2021. She was the agency's deputy director from 2017 to 2018 under Mike Pompeo, and became acting director on April 26, 2018, after Pompeo became U.S. secretary of state. She was later nominated and confirmed to the role, making her the first woman to become CIA director on a permanent basis.[1]
^"Gina Haspel Sworn in as First Female CIA Director - CIA". www.cia.gov. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
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"fabrication". In March 2018, VIPS published a memo opposing the appointment of GinaHaspel as CIA director due to her alleged involvement in the CIA's torture programme...
formally invoked state secrets privilege to prevent CIA officers, including GinaHaspel and James Cotsana, from being compelled to testify in the trial of Bruce...
columnist Abdulkadir Selvi, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency GinaHaspel had possession of the "smoking gun phone call" in which crown prince...
pension." In a 2018 op-ed for the Washington Post, Kiriakou criticized GinaHaspel, a CIA officer nominated by Trump to the post of CIA director, writing...
disappearance, and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), GinaHaspel, departed for Turkey to work on the investigation "amid a growing international...
dismissals and resignations, routine job changes such as promotions (e.g., GinaHaspel from CIA Deputy Director to Director), officials moving to a comparable...
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of Operations. After retiring from the CIA in 2017, agency director GinaHaspel selected Elizabeth Kimber, a 34-year career CIA officer, to succeed Vogle...
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appeared to refer to martial law, the Insurrection Act, and replacing GinaHaspel with Trump loyalist Kash Patel as the CIA director. Lindell promoted...
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clashed with Trump administration appointees, including CIA director GinaHaspel and State Department leaders, over the nature and causes of the suspected...
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In response to the firing, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director GinaHaspel privately told Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley that...
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