This is a list of CIA station chiefs. The station chief, also called chief of station (COS), is the top U.S. Central Intelligence Agency official stationed in a foreign country, equivalent to a KGB Resident. Often the COS has an office in the American Embassy. The station chief is the senior U.S. intelligence representative with his or her respective foreign government.
Those who have been known to be station chiefs include, in alphabetical order:
Edgar Applewhite: Beirut c.1959.John Banks: c. 2010John D. Bennett: Nairobi c.2002; capitals in Southeast Asia and Africa.Cofer Black: Khartoum, Sudan from 1993 to 1995Douglas Blaufarb: Vientiane, Laos, 1964-1966David Blee: Pretoria; Islamabad; New Delhi in 1965.William Buckley: Beirut 1983 to 1985.Jeffrey Castelli: Rome in 2003, indicted for involvement in the Imam rapito affairRay S. Cline: Taipei, 1958-62; Bonn, 1966-69.William Colby: Rome 1953-1958; Saigon, 1960-1962. Head of the Far Eastern Division, 1963-1967; DCI, 1973-1976.Charles Cogan: Paris, 1984-1989.Peer de Silva: Vienna 1956-59; Seoul 1959-62; Hong Kong 1962-63; Saigon 1963-65; Bangkok 1966-68; Canberra 1971-72.Larry Devlin: Congo in 1960 and 1961; Vientiane, LaosDesmond FitzGerald: Manila 1955-1956.Graham Fuller: KabulRobert Fulton: Moscow by 1975 to mid-1977.Burton Gerber: Moscow starting January 1980 to 1982.Robert Grenier: Islamabad 1999 to 2001.Howard Hart: Islamabad, May 1981 to 1984, Tehran 1978, and Germany.John L. Hart: Saigon c.1965, c.1966.Gardner Hathaway: Moscow from mid-1977 to January 1980.Stephen Holmes (aka Steven Hall): Moscow, Russia in 2013, revealed by FSB in retaliation for Ryan Fogle's activities.Robert Jantzen: Bangkok, c.1959 to 1966.Gordon L. Jorgensen: Laos c.1960; Saigon 1966-c.1968.Stephen Kappes: Moscow, New Delhi and FrankfurtMark Kelton: Islamabad 2010-2011John Lapham: Saigon c.1966.Jennifer Matthews: Khost, 2009, killed in the Camp Chapman attack. [Chief of Base, not COS]Cord Meyer: London 1973-1976.David Murphy: Berlin 1959; Paris 1967.Bill Murray: Paris in 2001 to 2004.William Nelson: Taiwan in 1963Birch O'Neill: Guatemala, 1953.Eloise Page: First female Chief of Station, 1970s, location not given.James Pavitt: Luxembourg 1983 to 1986.David Atlee Phillips: Santo Domingo 1965-1967; Brasília 1970-1972.Henry Pleasants, Bern, Switzerland, 1950 to 1956; Bonn, Germany, 1956 to 1964Thomas Polgar: Frankfurt, 1949, Saigon, starting in 1972 to 1975Jose Rodriguez: Panama, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic.Winston M. Scott: London, 1947 to 1950, Mexico City 1956 to 1969Theodore Shackley: Laos, 1966 to 1968, Saigon 1968 to 1972John Stockwell: Katanga in 1968, Burundi in 1970.Carleton Swift: Baghdad 1956-1957.Gregory Vogel: KabulAndrew Warren: Algeria in 2007-8, convicted of rape while in station.Richard Welch: Lima 1972; Athens in 1975, assassinated by Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N).Frank Wisner: London, c.1959; formerly DDP, 1952-[1959].