Porter Johnston Goss | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 13th and 14th district | |
In office January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993 (13th)January 3, 1993 – September 23, 2004 (14th) | |
Preceded by | Connie Mack IIIHarry Johnston |
Succeeded by | Dan MillerConnie Mack IV |
19th Director of Central Intelligence/Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
In office September 24, 2004 – May 5, 2006 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | George Tenet |
Succeeded by | John Negroponte (as DNI)Michael Hayden (as Director of the CIA) |
Personal details | |
Born | December 10, 1938 Waterbury, Connecticut |
Political party | Republican |
Porter Johnston Goss (born December 10, 1938) is an American politician. He was the last Director of Central Intelligence and the first Director of the Central Intelligence Agency following the passage of the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, which abolished the DCI position. A CIA officer in Latin America during the Cold War, he served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 until he took up his post at the agency.