Mike Pompeo
| Mike Pompeo | |
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| Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
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Assumed office January 23, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | John O. Brennan |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 4th district |
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In office January 3, 2011 – January 23, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Todd Tiahrt |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
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| Born |
Michael Richard Pompeo December 30, 1963 Orange, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Pompeo |
| Children | 1 |
| Education |
United States Military Academy (BS) Harvard University (JD) |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1986–1991 |
| Rank |
 Captain
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| Unit | 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division |
Michael Richard "Mike" Pompeo (born December 30, 1963) is an American politician who is the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Previously, he was the U.S. Representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district from 2011–17. He is a member of the Tea Party movement within the Republican Party. He was a Kansas representative on the Republican National Committee and a member of the Italian American Congressional Delegation. On November 18, 2016, he was selected by incoming President Donald Trump to be the nominee for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate 66–32 on January 23, 2017.
Pompeo was born in Orange, California, the son of Dorothy (née Mercer) and Wayne Pompeo. While living in nearby Santa Ana, California he attended Los Amigos High School in the adjacent city of Fountain Valley, California where he played power forward on the basketball team, graduating in 1982. He then attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point where he majored in Mechanical Engineering, graduating first in his class in 1986 and subsequently serving in the Regular Army as an Armor Branch cavalry officer from 1986 to 1991. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He then worked as a lawyer for Williams & Connolly.
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