Avril Haines
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Avril Danica Haines is an American lawyer who served as the Director of National Intelligence in the Biden administration. She is the first woman to serve in this role.
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Left to right: President Obama, Susan Rice, Avril Haines, and Lisa Monaco (2015)
Haines was sworn in as Director of National Intelligence by Vice President Kamala Harris on January 21, 2021.
Haines on her first day in office
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III (left) with Haines at the PentagonAwards 1
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Avril Danica Haines is an American lawyer who served as the Director of National Intelligence in the Biden administration. She is the first woman to serve in this role. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as Deputy National Security Advisor and deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Obama administration. Prior to her appointment to the CIA, she was deputy counsel to the President for national security affairs. On June 11, 2026, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace announced that she would succeed Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, beginning in September 2026.
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