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.

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

Name Location Years Notes
Frank Anderson Beirut until 1994 Chief of Near East and South Asia Division
Edgar Applewhite Beirut c. 1959
Francis "Frank" Archibald Islamabad c. 2007
Daniel C. Arnold Vientiane beginning in May 1973; Taipei, assumed in 1968;: 117  Bangkok, left June 30, 1979
Jonathan Bank Islamabad c. 2010
Milton Bearden Pakistan; Nigeria; Sudan; Germany c. 1986–1995
John D. Bennett Islamabad 2008–2009 N'Djamena; Nairobi c. 2002
Cofer Black Cape Town c. 1985; Khartoum Sudan 1993–1995
Douglas Blaufarb Vientiane, Laos 1964–1966
David Blee Pretoria; Islamabad; New Delhi 1965
Janine Brookner Kingston, Jamaica 1989–1991
William Buckley Beirut 1983–1985
Jim Campbell Venezuela c. 1989
Jeffrey Castelli Rome 2003 Indicted for involvement in the Imam rapito affair
Ray S. Cline Taipei 1958–1962;: 90, 105  Bonn, 1966–1969
Charles Cogan Paris 1984–1989
William Colby Rome 1953–1958 Saigon, 1960–1962; Head of the Far Eastern Division, 1963–1967; DCI, 1973–1976
Michael D'Andrea Cairo c. 2002–2004 Chief of Counter Terrorist Center, 2006–2015
Peer de Silva Vienna 1956–1959 Seoul, 1959–1962; Hong Kong, 1962–1963; Saigon, 1963–1965; Bangkok, 1966–1968; Canberra, 1971–1972
Jack Devine London 1995–1998 Rome, c. 1980s; Chief of Latin America Division, 1992–1994
Larry Devlin Congo 1960–1961 Vientiane, Laos
Jack G. Downing Moscow 1986–1989 Beijing c. 1991
William Duggan Taipei 1954–1958 under the title of: Chief of U.S. Naval Auxiliary Communications Center (NACC): 86, 90 
Wm. H. Dunbar Bangui (Central African Republic) 1968–1969
Ron Estes Prague 1965–1967 Madrid 1979
Joseph F. Fernandez Costa Rica 1985–1986 Indicted (charges were dropped in the Iran–Contra Scandal, 1988–1989)
Desmond FitzGerald Manila 1955–1956
Harold P. Ford Taipei 1965–1968: 111  NACC Taipei reorganized as U.S. Army Technical Group: 111, 117 
David Forden Athens 1984–1986
Graham Fuller Kabul c. 1980–1981
Robert Fulton Moscow 1975–1977
Clair George Athens c. 1976–1979
Burton Gerber Moscow 1980–1982
Robert L. Grenier Algiers c. 1990 Islamabad 1999–2001
Jerry "Jay" Gruner Geneva, then Paris 1986–1988, 1989–1993
Howard Hart Islamabad 1981–1984 Tehran 1978; Germany
John L. Hart Saigon c. 1965, c. 1966
Gina Haspel Azerbaijan c. 1996–1998 London, c. 2008–2011, 2014–2017
Gardner Hathaway Moscow 1977–1980
Paul B. Henze Ankara; Addis Ababa 1960s or 1970s
Dick Holm Paris 1992–1995 Brussels, 1985–1988
Stephen Holmes (aka Steven Hall) Moscow 2013 Revealed by FSB in retaliation for Ryan Fogle's activities
Robert Jantzen Bangkok c. 1959–1966
Gordon L. Jorgensen Laos c. 1960 Saigon, 1966 – c. 1968
George Kalaris Brazil c. 1972
Robert Kandra Baghdad c. 2006
Stephen Kappes Moscow 1996–1999 New Delhi; Frankfurt
Barry Kelly Moscow c. 1977? Subsequently moved to the Directorate of Science and Technology as head of the Office of SIGINT Operations. Negotiated a merger of NSA and CIA covert signals intelligence operations into the Special Collection Service.
Mark Kelton Islamabad 2010–2011
Paul Kolbe Moscow c. 2004–2006 Chief of Central Eurasian Division, 2007–2009
Andrew Kim Seoul
John Lapham Saigon c. 1966
James Lawler Zurich c. 1991–1994
Jennifer Matthews Khost 2009 Killed in the Camp Chapman attack (Chief of Base, not COS)
Stuart Methven Kinshasa 1975
Hendrik Van Der Meulen Amman c. 2002
Cord Meyer London 1973–1976
Gerry Meyer Baghdad, around August 2003 to January 2004
William Lyle Moseby C.A.R. (Bangui) c. 1980
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen Moscow c. 1994, 2000
David Murphy Berlin 1959 Paris, 1967
Bill Murray Paris 2001–2004
Herbert W. Natzke Philippines c. 1979
William Nelson Taipei 1962–1965 : 105, 108 
William Ross Newland III Buenos Aires c. 2000–2001
Duyane Norman Brazil 2017
Birch O'Neal Guatemala 1953
Craig P. Osth Rio de Janeiro c. 1999 Islamabad, c. 2013
Eloise Page Athens 1970s First female station chief
Richard L. Palmer Moscow 1992–1994
James Pavitt Luxembourg 1983–1986
David Atlee Phillips Santo Domingo 1965–1967 Brasília 1970–1972
Henry Pleasants Bern 1950–1956 Bonn, Germany, 1956–1964
Thomas Polgar Frankfurt 1949 Saigon, 1972–1975
Phillip F. Reilly Kabul c. 2003 Manila, c. 2008
Robert Richer Amman c. 2000 2002–2004 Chief of the Near East/South Asia Division
Jose Rodriguez Panama, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic
John R. Sano Seoul Chief of East Asia Division, 2004–2005
Winston M. Scott London 1947–1950 Mexico City, 1956–1969
Charles Seidel Cairo c. 2000–2002 Baghdad 2002–2003; Amman 2003–2005
Theodore Shackley Laos 1966–1968 Saigon 1968–1972
John Sipher Jakarta c. 2010
Stephen Slick Budapest c. 1998–2000
Michael Sulick Moscow 1994–1996 Chief of Central Eurasian Division 1999–2002; Deputy Director of CIA for Operations 2007–2010
John Stockwell Katanga 1968 Burundi 1970
Carleton Swift Baghdad 1956–1957
Hugh Tovar Malaysia and Indonesia 1960s Laos and Thailand, 1970s; Vientiane, Laos, beginning in May 1973
Greg Vogle Kabul 2004–2006, 2009–2010
Terry Ward Honduras c. 1987–1989
Andrew Warren Algeria 2007–2008 convicted of rape while in station
Richard Welch Lima 1972 Athens 1975; assassinated by Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N)
Terrence L. Williams Taipei c. 2003 under the title of Research and Planning Section Chief, American Institute in Taiwan (AIT)
Joseph Wippl Berlin c. 2001–2003
Frank Wisner London c. 1959 formerly DDP 1952–1959
Alan D. Wolfe Lahore c. 1969 Kabul; Islamabad formerly chief of Near East and South Asia Division; Rome c. 1980s

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