Director of Central Intelligence

(1946-2005) former office of the head of the United States Central Intelligence Agency
Intangible position Q1227524
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Summary

Director of Central Intelligence is a position[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,913 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Subclass of: civil servant[4]
  • Inception: 1946[5]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2005[6]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: United States[7]
  • Position holder: James R. Schlesinger[8]
  • Replaces: Office of Strategic Services[9]
  • Replaced by: Director of the Central Intelligence Agency[10], Director of National Intelligence[11]
  • Organization directed by the office or position: Central Intelligence Agency[12]
  • Female form of label: ředitelka CIA[13], Directora de la Central d'Intel·ligència dels EUA[14], direktorica centralne obveščevalne službe[15]

Why It Matters

Director of Central Intelligence has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved . en.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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