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John Lee Ratcliffe [1] (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. He previously served as the sixth director of national intelligence from 2020 to 2021 and served in the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2020.
John Ratcliffe speaks during a Senate Intelligence committee hearing on his nomination to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 in Washington, DC.
John Ratcliffe was confirmed to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Thursday, making him the second of President Donald Trump's cabinet picks to secure their position.
John Sicklemore was born in Lancashire.In early life, he changed his name to Ratcliffe as an alias. [2] He served as a seaman before going to Virginia, and he may be the Captain Ratcliffe taken prisoner with Sir Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland and Captain Piggot, at Mülheim, in 1605.
Newly-confirmed CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News the decision to release a Biden-era analysis favoring the COVID-19 lab leak theory is a step toward transparency.
Ratcliffe was elected to Congress in 2014, but his visibility rose in 2019 as an ardent defender of Trump during the House’s first impeachment proceedings against him. He was a member of Trump’s impeachment advisory team and strenuously questioned witnesses during the impeachment hearings.
John Ratcliffe of Texas – Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Announced March 13, 2018 Assumed office April 26, 2018 [n 3] Deputy CIA Director Gina Haspel of Kentucky – Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Announced July 5, 2018 Assumed office July 9, 2018 [n 4] Deputy EPA Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler of Virginia ...
CIA nominee John Ratcliffe is telling senators about how he’ll reshape the intelligence community in what he calls "the most challenging national security environment in our nation’s history."