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In the United States, the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) serves as the head of both the Intelligence Community and the Central Intelligence Agency. In addition he serves as an advisor to the President of the United States on intelligence matters and is the statutory intelligence advisor to the National Security Council. The Director is assisted by the National Intelligence Council, the National Counterintelligence Executive, and his various Assistant and Deputy Directors. The post was established in 1946 by President Truman; it thus predates the establishment of the C.I.A. After the end of World War II, the Office of Strategic Services was dismantled and its functions were split between the Departments of State and War (now Defense). President Truman soon recognized the inefficiency of this arrangement and created the Central Intelligence Group, which could be considered a smaller precursor to the National Security Council. The following year the National Security Act of 1947 created the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Council, while formally defining the duties of the Director of Central Intelligence. The duties of the D.C.I. have been further defined over the years by tradition, congressional acts, and Executive Orders. A list of Directors of Central Intelligence (in chronological order):

enure
ear Adm. Sidney Souers, USNR	January 23 1946 - June 10 1946
t. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, USA	June 10 1946 - May 1 1947
ear Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, USN	May 1 1947 - October 7, 1950
en. Walter Bedell Smith, USA	October 7 1950 - February 9 1953
a href="/encyclopedia/Allen-Welsh-Dulles" title="Allen Welsh Dulles">Allen W. Dulles	February 26, 1953 - November 29, 1961
a href="/encyclopedia/John-McCone" title="John McCone">John McCone	November 29 1961 - April 28 1965
ice Adm. William Raborn, USN (Ret.)	April 28 1965 - June 30 1966
a href="/encyclopedia/Richard-M.-Helms" title="Richard M. Helms">Richard M. Helms	June 30 1966 - February 2 1973
a href="/encyclopedia/James-R.-Schlesinger" title="James R. Schlesinger">James R. Schlesinger	February 2, 1973 - July 2 1973
a href="/encyclopedia/William-Colby" title="William Colby">William E. Colby	September 4 1973 - January 30 1976
a href="/encyclopedia/George-H.-W.-Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush	January 30 1976 - January 20 1977
dm. Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret.)	March 9 1977 - January 20 1981
a href="/encyclopedia/William-J.-Casey" title="William J. Casey">William J. Casey	January 28 1981 - January 29 1987
a href="/encyclopedia/William-H.-Webster" title="William H. Webster">William H. Webster	May 26 1987 - August 31 1991
a href="/encyclopedia/Robert-Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert M. Gates	November 6 1991 - January 20 1993
a href="/encyclopedia/R.-James-Woolsey" title="R. James Woolsey">R. James Woolsey	February 5 1993 - January 10 1995
a href="/encyclopedia/John-M.-Deutch" title="John M. Deutch">John M. Deutch	May 10 1995 - December 15 1996
a href="/encyclopedia/George-J.-Tenet" title="George J. Tenet">George J. Tenet	July 11 1997 - July 11, 2004 (resigned June 3, 2004)
a href="/encyclopedia/John-E.-McLaughlin" title="John E. McLaughlin">John E. McLaughlin	(acting director) July 11, 2004 - September 24, 2004
a href="/encyclopedia/Porter-J.-Goss" title="Porter J. Goss">Porter J. Goss	September 24, 2004 - Present

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