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Deputy Director of the National Security Agency

Chief operating officer of the National Security Agency

Field	Value
post	Deputy Director of the National Security Agency
native_name
image	Deputy Director of National Security Agency Tim Kosiba.jpg
incumbent	Tim Kosiba
acting	n
incumbentsince	9 January 2026
reports_to	President of the United States
seat	Washington, D.C.
appointer	President of the United States
first	Joseph Wenger
succession	Current
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The deputy director of the National Security Agency (DDIRNSA) is the highest-ranking civilian within the National Security Agency. As the senior civilian at NSA, the deputy director acts as the agency's chief operating officer, guiding and directing strategies and policy, and serves as the principal advisor to the director of the NSA. The deputy director reports to the NSA director and is required to be a technically experienced civilian.

NSA deputy directors

Deputy directors of AFSA

The Armed Forces Security Agency (AFSA) was the predecessor to the NSA.

#	Deputy Director	Term
1*	Samuel P. Collins, USA
Joseph Wenger, USN
Roy H. Lynn, USAF	November 1950 – April 1951
2	Travis Hetherington, USAF	1951–1952

*From November 1950 to April 1951, there was a Deputy Director for each service.

Deputy directors of NSA

#	Vice Director	Term	#	Deputy Director	Term
1	Joseph Wenger	1952–1953
2	John Ackerman	1953–1956
3	John A. Samford	June 1956
4	Joseph H. Ream	1956–1957
5	Howard Engstrom	1957–1958
6	Louis W. Tordella	1958–1974
7	Benson K. Buffham	1974–1978
8	Robert E. Drake	1978–1980
9	Ann Z. Caracristi	1980–1982
10	Robert E. Rich	1982–1986
11	Charles R. Lord	1986–1988
12	Gerald R. Young	1988–1990
13	Robert L. Prestel	1990–1994
14	William P. Crowell	1994–1997
15	Barbara McNamara	1997–2000
16	William B. Black, Jr.	2000–2006
17	John C. Inglis	2006–2014
18	Richard Ledgett	2014–2017
19	George C. Barnes	2017–2023
20	Wendy Noble	last1=Nakashima	first1=Ellen	first2=Warren P.	last2=Strobel	first3= Aaron	last3=Schaffer	title=National Security Agency chief ousted after far-right activist urged his removal ousted	url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/03/nsa-director-fired-tim-haugh/	date=April 4, 2025	newspaper=The Washington Post	access-date=April 5, 2025	url-status=live	url-access=limited	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404062930/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/03/nsa-director-fired-tim-haugh/	archive-date=April 4, 2025}}
–	Sheila Thomas (acting)	2025–2025
21	Tim Kosiba	2025-present

References

"About NSA". [[National Security Agency]].
(April 4, 2025). "National Security Agency chief ousted after far-right activist urged his removal ousted". [[The Washington Post]].

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