Last updated on: 8/3/2015 | Author: ProCon.org

George Tenet Biography

Title:
Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Position:
None Found to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of Aug. 2, 2007

Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Managing Director, Allen & Company LLC (investment bank), 2007-present
  • Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, 2004-2007
  • Senior Research Associate, Georgetown University Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, 2004-2007
  • Founding member, The Next Generation Initiative
  • Former Non-executive Director, Qinetiq (international defence and security technology company)
  • Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), (Resigned on June 3, 2004, citing “personal reasons”),1997-2004
  • Acting Director, CIA (following the departure of John Deutch), 1996-1997
  • Deputy Director, CIA, 1995-1996
  • Senior Director for Intelligience Programs, National Security Council, 1993-1995
  • Staff Director, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 1989-1993
  • Staff Member, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 1985-1989
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom, Dec. 14, 2004
Education:
  • MA, Columbia University, School of International Affairs, 1978
  • BA, Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, 1976
Other:
  • Member of the Washington Speaker’s Bureau