The following is a list of military officers who have led divisions of a civil service.

Canada

Department of National Defence

• Brigadier-General Gordon O'Connor, Minister of National Defence, 2006 - Present

United States

Central Intelligence Agency

• Rear Adm. Sidney Souers, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1946
• Lt. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1946 - 1947
• Rear Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1947 - 1950
• Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1950 - 1953
• Vice Adm. William Raborn, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1965 - 1966
• Navy Officer Richard Helms, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1966 - 1973
• Army Officer William Colby, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1973 - 1976
• Navy Officer George H.W. Bush, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1976 - 1977
• Adm. Stansfield Turner, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1977 - 1981
• Lt. William Hedgcock Webster, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1987 - 1991
• Air Force Officer Robert Gates, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1991 - 1993
• Captain R. James Woolsey, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1993 - 1995
• Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 2006 - Present

Department of State

• Gen. Colin Powell, Secretary of State, 2001 - 2005

See also

• Civil service
• List of political leaders who held active military ranks in office
• Military officer

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