John Ratcliffe — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since 2025.
Served as the sixth Director of National Intelligence from 2020 to 2021.
Represented Texas's 4th district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2015 to 2020.
Served as mayor of Heath, Texas, from 2004 to 2012.
Acted as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas from May 2007 to April 2008.
Holds a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University School of Law (1989) and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame (1986).

Biography

John Lee Ratcliffe is an American politician and attorney who serves as the ninth director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held the position of sixth director of national intelligence from 2020 to 2021 and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2015 to 2020.