John Ratcliffe

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency â€ĸ United States Cabinet
👤 Person Republican active ✅ Verified

📝 Biography

John Lee Ratcliffe (born October 20, 1965) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the ninth director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the sixth director of national intelligence from 2020 to 2021 and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2015 to 2020. After graduating from law school, Ratcliffe worked as a lawyer in private practice until 2004.

ℹī¸ Basic Information

Gender
M
Birth Date
10/20/1965

🔗 External Resources

📚 Congressional Bioguide 📊 GovTrack 💰 OpenSecrets 📖 Wikipedia 🌐 Official Website
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đŸ‘Ĩ Group Memberships

Group Name Type Legislative Body Session Party Role Joined Left
116th House Republicans legislative U.S. House of Representatives 116th Congress Republican Member 1/3/2019 5/22/2020
115th House Republicans legislative U.S. House of Representatives 115th Congress Republican Member 1/3/2017 1/3/2019
114th House Republicans legislative U.S. House of Representatives 114th Congress Republican Member 1/6/2015 1/3/2017

📅 Event Associations (2)

Date Event Source Relationship Involvement
12/18/2019 2019 House Impeaches Trump on Abuse of Power (Article 1) Vote Results voted against primary
12/18/2019 House Votes to Impeach Trump for Obstruction of Congress (Article 2) 696 roll call vote voted against primary