Dan Coats | |
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 Official portrait, 2017 | |
| 5th Director of National Intelligence | |
| In office March 16, 2017 – August 15, 2019 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Susan M. Gordon |
| Preceded by | James Clapper |
| Succeeded by | John Ratcliffe |
| Chair of the Joint Economic Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Kevin Brady |
| Succeeded by | Pat Tiberi |
| United States Senator from Indiana | |
| In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Evan Bayh |
| Succeeded by | Todd Young |
| In office January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Dan Quayle |
| Succeeded by | Evan Bayh |
| United States Ambassador to Germany | |
| In office August 15, 2001 – February 28, 2005 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | John C. Kornblum |
| Succeeded by | William R. Timken |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 4th district | |
| In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Dan Quayle |
| Succeeded by | Jill Long Thompson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Daniel Ray Coats May 16, 1943 Jackson, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Marsha Coats (m. 1965) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Wheaton College (BA) Indiana University, Indianapolis (JD) |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1966–1968 |
| Rank | Staff Sergeant |
Daniel Ray Coats (born May 16, 1943) is an American politician, attorney, and diplomat. From 2017 to 2019, he served as the Director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1989 to 1999 and again from 2011 to 2017. He was the United States Ambassador to Germany from 2001 to 2005, and a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1989. Coats served on the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence while in the U.S. Senate.
Born in Jackson, Michigan, Coats graduated from Wheaton College in Illinois and the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. He served in the U.S. Army from 1966 to 1968. Coats represented Indiana's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1989. He was appointed to fill the Senate seat vacated by Dan Quayle following Quayle's election as Vice President of the United States. Coats won the 1990 special election to serve the remainder of Quayle's unexpired term, as well as the 1992 election for a full six-year term. He did not seek reelection in 1998 and was succeeded by Democrat Evan Bayh.
After retiring from the Senate, Coats served as U.S. ambassador to Germany from 2001 to 2005 and then worked as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. He was reelected to the Senate by a large margin in 2010, succeeding Bayh, who announced his own retirement shortly after Coats declared his candidacy. Coats declined to run for reelection in 2016 and was succeeded by Todd Young. He was nominated as Director of National Intelligence in January 2017, succeeding James R. Clapper.[1] His term in office commenced on March 16, 2017, and ended on August 15, 2019.[2][3][4][5]
- ^ "Trump selects former Indiana Sen. Coats for top intelligence post". Chicagotribune.com. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
- ^ "Donald J. Trump". twitter.com. July 28, 2019.
- ^ Steve Holland, Jeff Mason (July 28, 2019). "Ratcliffe tapped to replace Coats as U.S. spy chief". www.reuters.com.
- ^ "Dan Coats to step down, Trump tweets, as President announces Ratcliffe will be nominated as next director of national intelligence". CNN. July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
- ^ "DNI Daniel R. Coats Resignation Letter". www.dni.gov. Archived from the original on August 18, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2019.