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![Christopher A. Wray will become Director if confirmed after his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing]()
![James B. Comey, September 4, 2013 - May 9, 2017]()
![Robert S. Mueller, III, September 4, 2001- September 4, 2013]()
![Louis J. Freeh, September 1, 1993 - June 25, 2001]()
![William S. Sessions, November 2, 1987 - July 19, 1993]()
![William H. Webster, February 23, 1978 - May 25, 1987]()
![Clarence M. Kelley, July 9, 1973 - February 15, 1978]()
![J. Edgar Hoover, May 10, 1924 - May 2, 1972]()
![William J. Burns, August 22, 1921 - June 14, 1924]()
![William J. Flynn, July 1, 1919 - August 21, 1921]()
![Alexander B. Bielaski, April 30, 1912 - February 10, 1919]()
![Stanley W. Finch, July 26, 1908 - April 30, 1912]()
Slideshow: The men who have run the FBI
Since its beginning in 1908, the FBI has been led by a single individual, at first called “Chief,” then titled “Director” in 1919.
Move Forward
- Slideshow: The men who have run the FBI
Since its beginning in 1908, the FBI has been led by a single individual, at first called “Chief,” then titled “Director” in 1919.