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Stephen R. Kappes
Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Stephen R.
Kappes was sworn in as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence
Agency on 24 July 2006. He is a career CIA officer, having served most
recently as Deputy Director for Operations and Associate Deputy
Director for Operations from 2002 to 2004. Mr. Kappes retired from
Federal service and entered the private sector in 2005. He joined
ArmorGroup International in April 2005 and was the Chief Operating
Officer and a member of the Board of Directors from November 2005 to
June 2006.
Mr.
Kappes joined the Agency in January 1981 after having served as a
Marine Corps officer since 1976. He was based in the Near East and
South Asia Division until his promotion to the Senior Intelligence
Service in July 1995. Mr. Kappes has more than 12 years of overseas
experience with assignments in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. He
speaks Farsi and Russian.
From
2000 to 2002, Mr. Kappes was Associate Deputy Director of Operations
for Counterintelligence and served concurrently during part of this
period as Chief of CIA’s Counterintelligence Center. He guided the
Agency’s operations and technical programs against foreign espionage
threats.
Mr.
Kappes holds a Bachelor of Science degree in pre-medicine from Ohio
University and a Master of Science degree in pathology from Ohio State
University. He was born on 22 August 1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr.
Kappes is married to the former Kathleen Morgan and has two children.
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