Gina Haspel

Gina Haspel
Official portrait, 2017
7th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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]