List of CIA station chiefs

The station chief, also called chief of station (COS), is the top U.S. Central Intelligence Agency official stationed in a foreign country, equivalent to a KGB Resident. Often the COS has an office in the American Embassy. The station chief is the senior U.S. intelligence representative with his or her respective foreign government.[1]

Those who have been known to be station chiefs include, in alphabetical order:

Name Location Years Notes
Edgar Applewhite Beirut c. 1959[2]
Francis Archibald Islamabad c. 2007
Daniel C. Arnold Vientiane, Laos beginning in May 1973;[3] Bangkok, left June 30, 1979[4][5]
Jonathan Bank Islamabad c. 2010[6]
John D. Bennett N'Djamena; Nairobi c. 2002 Islamabad c. 2009[7][8]
Cofer Black Cape Town c. 1985; KhartoumSudan 1993–1995
Douglas Blaufarb Vientiane, Laos 1964–1966[9][10]
David Blee Pretoria; Islamabad; New Delhi 1965[11]
William Buckley Beirut 1983–1985[12]
Jeffrey Castelli Rome 2003 Indicted for involvement in the Imam rapito affair
Ray S. Cline Taipei 1958–1962;[13] Bonn 1966–1969[14]
Charles Cogan Paris 1984–1989
William Colby Rome 1953–1958 Saigon 1960–1962; Head of the Far Eastern Division 1963–1967; DCI 1973–1976[15][16]
Michael D’Andrea Cairo[17][18]
Peer de Silva Vienna 1956–1959 Seoul 1959–1962; Hong Kong 1962–1963; Saigon 1963–1965; Bangkok 1966–1968; Canberra 1971–1972[19][20]
Larry Devlin Congo 1960-61 Vientiane, Laos[21][22]
Wm. H. Dunbar Bangui (Central African Republic) 1968–1969[23]
Desmond Fitzgerald Manila 1955–1956[24]
Graham Fuller Kabul
Robert Fulton Moscow 1975–1977[25]
Burton Gerber Moscow 1980–1982[26]
Robert Grenier Algiers c. 1990; Islamabad 1999–2001[7]
Jerry "Jay" Gruner Paris 1989–1993
Howard Hart Islamabad 1981–1984 Tehran 1978; Germany
John L. Hart Saigon c. 1965,[27] c. 1966[28]
Gina Haspel Azerbaijan c. 1996–1998 London c. 2008–2011, 2014–2017
Gardner Hathaway Moscow 1977–1980[29]
Stephen Holmes (aka Steven Hall) Moscow, Russia 2013 Revealed by FSB in retaliation for Ryan Fogle's activities[30][31][32][33]
Robert Jantzen Bangkok c. 1959–1966[34][35]
Gordon L. Jorgensen Laos c. 1960 Saigon 1966–c. 1968[36]
Stephen Kappes Moscow 1996–1999 New Delhi; Frankfurt[37]
Mark Kelton Islamabad 2010–2011[6]
Andrew Kim Seoul[38]
John Lapham Saigon c. 1966[39]
Jennifer Matthews Khost 2009 Killed in the Camp Chapman attack[7] (Chief of Base, not COS)
Stuart Methven Kinsasha 1975[40]
Cord Meyer London 1973–1976[41]
Wm Lyle Moseby C.A.R. (Bangui)[42]
David Murphy Berlin 1959 Paris 1967[43]
Bill Murray Paris 2001–2004[44]
Herbert W. Natzke Philippines c. 1979[22]
William Nelson Taiwan 1963
Duyane Norman Brazil 2017[45][46][47]
Birch O'Neill Guatemala 1953
Craig Osth Rio de Janeiro c. 1999 Islamabad c. 2013
Eloise Page (Location not given) 1970s [48] First female station chief
James Pavitt Luxembourg 1983–1986
David Atlee Phillips Santo Domingo 1965–1967 Brasília 1970–1972[49]
Henry Pleasants Bern, Switzerland 1950–1956;[50] Bonn, Germany, 1956–1964[51]
Thomas Polgar Frankfurt 1949 Saigon, 1972–1975[50][52]
Jose Rodriguez Panama, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic[53]
Winston M. Scott London 1947–1950 Mexico City 1956–1969
Charles Seidel Cairo 2000–2002 Baghdad 2002–2003; Amman 2003–2005
Theodore Shackley Laos 1966–1968 Saigon 1968–1972[54]
John Sipher Moscow[55]
Stephen Slick Budapest 1998–2000
John Stockwell Katanga 1968 Burundi 1970
Carleton Swift Baghdad 1956–1957[56]
Hugh Tovar Malaysia and Indonesia 1960s Laos and Thailand 1970s;[57] Vientiane, Laos beginning in May 1973 [3]
Gregory Vogle Kabul 2004–2006, 2009–2010[58]
Andrew Warren Algeria 2007–20-08;[59] convicted of rape while in station[60]
Richard Welch Lima 1972 Athens 1975;[61][62] assassinated by Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N)
Frank Wisner London c. 1959 formerly DDP 1952–1959[63]
Alan D. Wolfe Lahore c. 1969 Kabul; Islamabad formerly chief of Near East and South Asia Division

Bibliography
  • Edward J. Epstein, Deception. the invisible war between the KGB and the CIA (New York: Simon and Schuster 1989).
  • David Hoffman, Billion Dollar Spy. A true story of Cold War espionage and betrayal (New York: Doubleday 2015).
  • Ralph McGehee, Deadly Deceits. My 25 years in the CIA (New York: Sheridan Square 1983).
  • John Prados, William Colby and the CIA. The secret wars of a controversial spymaster (University of Kansas 2003, 2009).
  • W. Thomas Smith, Jr., Encyclopedia of the Central Intelligence Agency (New York: Facts on File 2003).
  • Evan Thomas, The Very Best Men. The daring early years of the CIA (New York: Simon and Schuster 1995, 2006).

See also
  • 2010 CIA Station Chief removal in Pakistan

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  2. Thomas (2006), p.187.
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