Sidney Souers (I-VI 1946) • Hoyt S. Vandenberg (1946–1947) • Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter (1947–1950) • Walter Bedell Smith (1950–1953) • Allen W. Dulles (1953–1961) • John A. McCone (1961–1965) • William F. Raborn Jr. (1965–1966) • Richard M. Helms (1966–1973) • James R. Schlesinger, (II-VII 1973) • William E. Colby, (1973–1976) • George H.W. Bush (1976–1977) • Stansfield Turner (1977–1981) • William J. Casey (1981–1987) • William H. Webster (1987–1991) • Robert M. Gates (1991–1993) • R. James Woolsey (1993–1995) • John M. Deutch (1995–1996) • George J. Tenet (1997-2004) • John E. McLaughlin (p.o. IX 2004) • Porter J. Goss (2004-21 kwietnia 2005)
