Avril Haines
Avril Haines | |
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Official portrait, 2021 | |
| 7th Director of National Intelligence | |
| In office January 21, 2021 – January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | John Ratcliffe |
| Succeeded by | Tulsi Gabbard |
| 27th United States Deputy National Security Advisor | |
| In office January 11, 2015 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Leader | Susan Rice |
| Preceded by | Antony Blinken |
| Succeeded by | K. T. McFarland |
| 4th Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
| In office August 9, 2013 – January 10, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Director | John Brennan |
| Preceded by | Michael Morell |
| Succeeded by | David S. Cohen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Avril Danica Haines August 27, 1969 New York City, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | David Davighi |
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| Education | |
Avril Danica Haines (born August 27, 1969) is an American lawyer who served as the seventh director of national intelligence in the Biden administration. She is the first woman to serve in this role. Haines previously was Deputy National Security Advisor and deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Obama administration. Prior to her appointment to the CIA, she was Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs in the Office of White House Counsel.