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The FBI director is appointed by the president and, since 1972, subject to confirmation by the Senate. [2] [3] [6] J. Edgar Hoover, appointed by President Calvin Coolidge to the predecessor office of Director of the Bureau of Investigation in 1924, was by far the longest-serving director, holding the position from its establishment under the current title in 1935 until his death in 1972.
[56] [57] The Vacancies Reform Act [58] says that if there is a vacancy in the director of the FBI (or any other Senate-confirmed position), the president must replace the person with a person who has (1) already been confirmed by the Senate or (2) a person who has served in the agency at a senior level (according to the GS-15 pay scale). [59]
This is a list of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation.Under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution and law of the United States, certain federal positions appointed by the president of the United States require confirmation (advice and consent) of the United States Senate.
Patel will replace former FBI Director Christopher Wray, who was appointed during the first Trump administration but drew the president’s ire after the 2022 FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. Despite ...
The Senate confirmed Kashyap “Kash” Patel as the new FBI director on Thursday in a Senate vote that largely fell along party lines. 51 Senators voted in favor of Patel's confirmation, against ...
Kash Patel was sworn in as FBI director Friday after a rocky path to confirmation and a narrow Senate vote Thursday. President Trump appointed him to end so-called "weaponization."
Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel [1] [2] (born February 25, 1980) is an American lawyer and former federal prosecutor serving as the ninth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) since 2025.
President Donald Trump scored another Cabinet win Thursday, with the Senate confirming his controversial FBI director pick Kash Patel by a vote of 51-49. Patel's is one in a recent streak of ...