MICHAEL V. HAYDEN DIRECTOR CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY - BIO

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005459070
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 23, 2015
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2009
• Case Number: F-2009-01648
• Publication Date: February 17, 2009

Michael V. Hayden
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Michael V. Hayden became the 18th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency on 30 May
2006. As DCIA, he leads the Agency and manages the Intelligence Community's HUMINT and
open source collection programs on behalf of the DNI.
After 39 years in the U.S. Air Force, Director Hayden retired from active duty on 1 July 2008
with the rank of General. He was until then the highest-ranking intelligence officer in the Armed
Forces.
Director Hayden has wide experience in leadership positions throughout the Intelligence
Community. From April 2005 to May 2006, he was the first Principal Deputy Director of
National Intelligence. Prior to that, he served for six years as Director, National Security
Agency/Chief, Central Security Service (NSA/CSS), Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Director
Hayden was Commander of the Air Intelligence Agency and Director of the Joint Command and
Control Warfare Center, both headquartered at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, from January 1996
to September 1997. From May 1993 to October 1995, he served as Director, Intelligence
Directorate, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany.
Director Hayden also has held senior staff positions at the Pentagon, the National Security
Council, and the U.S. Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria, as well as serving as Deputy Chief of Staff for
United Nations Command and U.S. Forces Korea. He entered active duty in 1969 as a
distinguished graduate of the Reserve Officer Training Corps program.
Director Hayden holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and a Master's degree in modern
American history from Duquesne University. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 17
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 March 1945. He and his wife, Jeanine, have a daughter and two sons.
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