Thomas Fingar

Thomas Fingar
Chair of the National Intelligence Council
In office
June 13, 2005 – December 1, 2008
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byRobert Hutchings
Succeeded byPeter Lavoy
16th Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
In office
July 22, 2004 – June 13, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byCarl W. Ford Jr.
Succeeded byRandall M. Fort
Personal details
Born (1946-01-11) January 11, 1946 (age 78)
EducationCornell University (BA)
Stanford University (MA, PhD)

Charles Thomas Fingar, (born January 11, 1946) is a professor at Stanford University. In 1986 Fingar left Stanford to join the State Department. In 2005, he moved to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence as the deputy director of National Intelligence for Analysis and concurrently served as the chairman of the National Intelligence Council until December 2008.[1] In January 2009, he rejoined Stanford as a Payne Distinguished Lecturer in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.[2]

  1. ^ Solomon, Jay (2008-01-14). "In Iran Reversal, Bureaucrats Triumphed Over Cheney Team - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  2. ^ "Thomas Fingar - FSI Stanford". Fsi.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2012-04-12.