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William Joseph Burns (born April 11, 1956) is an American diplomat who has served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Biden administration since March 19, 2021.
William J. Burns is the first career diplomat to serve as CIA Director since 2021. He has a long and distinguished record of public service in diplomacy and intelligence, including as U.S. Ambassador to Russia and Jordan, and as President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Jan 11, 2021 · US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen William Burns, who served for three decades as a diplomat, to be his CIA director. Mr Burns led the Obama administration's negotiations with Iran to...
Mar 8, 2019 · An American diplomat tells the inside story of Yeltsin, Putin, and opportunities lost. By William J. Burns. April 2019 Issue. The old Caucasus spa town of Kislovodsk was in terminal...
Bill Burns was officially sworn in as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency on March 19, 2021, making him the first career diplomat to serve as Director. Director Burns holds the highest rank in the Foreign Service—Career Ambassador—and is only the second serving career diplomat in history to become Deputy Secretary of State.
Ambassador Burns retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 2014 after a thirty-three-year diplomatic career. He holds the highest rank in the Foreign Service, career ambassador, and is only the second serving career diplomat in history to become Deputy Secretary of State.
BOI career. Burns was considered well qualified to direct the Bureau of Investigation, and was friends with President Warren Harding 's Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty. Burns was confirmed as Director of the Bureau of Investigation on August 22, 1921. He continued to run the Burns Detective Agency throughout his tenure as Director of the BOI.
