Patrick M. Hughes

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Patrick Hughes
Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
In office February 1996 – July 1999
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Kenneth Minihan
Succeeded by	Thomas Wilson
Personal details
Born	Patrick Marshall Hughes (1942-09-19) September 19, 1942 (age 82) Great Falls, Montana, U.S.
Alma mater	Montana State University, Bozeman Brigham Young University, Utah Central Michigan University United States Army Command and General Staff College
Awards	Defense Distinguished Service Medal (3) Silver Star (1) Bronze Star for Valor (3) Purple Heart National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal (2 awards)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1962–1965 1968–1999
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Director, Defense Intelligence Agency Commanding General, U.S. Army Intelligence Agency Commander, 501st Military Intelligence Brigade Commander, 109th MI Battalion (High Technology Test Bed)

Patrick M. Hughes (born September 19, 1942) is a retired United States Army officer who served as the 12th Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Previously, he was Director of Intelligence for the US Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1994 to 1996 and the Director of Intelligence at United States Central Command from 1992 to 1994. He was the Commanding General, United States Army Intelligence Agency, and the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, U.S. Army from 1990 until 1992.^[1] He joined the United States Department of Homeland Security in 2003 as the Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis (Intelligence), and departed from DHS and Government service in March 2005.