List of CIA station chiefs
The station chief, also called chief of station, 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:
| Name | Location | Years | Notes |
| Edgar Applewhite | Beirut | c. 1959 | |
| Francis Archibald | Islamabad | c. 2007 | |
| Daniel C. Arnold | Vientiane, Laos | beginning in May 1973; | Bangkok, left June 30, 1979 |
| Jonathan Bank | Islamabad | c. 2010 | |
| John D. Bennett | N'Djamena; Nairobi | c. 2002 | Islamabad c. 2009 |
| Cofer Black | Cape Town | c. 1985; | KhartoumSudan 1993–1995 |
| Douglas Blaufarb | Vientiane, Laos | 1964–1966 | |
| David Blee | Pretoria; Islamabad; New Delhi | 1965 | |
| William Buckley | Beirut | 1983–1985 | |
| Jeffrey Castelli | Rome | 2003 | Indicted for involvement in the Imam rapito affair |
| Ray S. Cline | Taipei | 1958–1962; | Bonn 1966–1969 |
| Charles Cogan | Paris | 1984–1989 | |
| William Colby | Rome | 1953–1958 | Saigon 1960–1962; Head of the Far Eastern Division 1963–1967; DCI 1973–1976 |
| Michael D’Andrea | Cairo | ||
| Peer de Silva | Vienna | 1956–1959 | Seoul 1959–1962; Hong Kong 1962–1963; Saigon 1963–1965; Bangkok 1966–1968; Canberra 1971–1972 |
| Larry Devlin | Congo | 1960-61 | Vientiane, Laos |
| Wm. H. Dunbar | Bangui | 1968–1969 | |
| Desmond Fitzgerald | Manila | 1955–1956 | |
| Graham Fuller | Kabul | ||
| Robert Fulton | Moscow | 1975–1977 | |
| Burton Gerber | Moscow | 1980–1982 | |
| Robert Grenier | Algiers | c. 1990; | Islamabad 1999–2001 |
| Jerry "Jay" Gruner | Paris | 1989–1993 | |
| Howard Hart | Islamabad | 1981–1984 | Tehran 1978; Germany |
| John L. Hart | Saigon | c. 1965, c. 1966 | |
| Gina Haspel | Azerbaijan | c. 1996–1998 | London c. 2008–2011, 2014–2017 |
| Gardner Hathaway | Moscow | 1977–1980 | |
| Stephen Holmes | Moscow, Russia | 2013 | Revealed by FSB in retaliation for Ryan Fogle's activities |
| Robert Jantzen | Bangkok | c. 1959–1966 | |
| Gordon L. Jorgensen | Laos | c. 1960 | Saigon 1966–c. 1968 |
| Stephen Kappes | Moscow | 1996–1999 | New Delhi; Frankfurt |
| Mark Kelton | Islamabad | 2010–2011 | |
| Andrew Kim | Seoul | ||
| John Lapham | Saigon | c. 1966 | |
| Jennifer Matthews | Khost | 2009 | Killed in the Camp Chapman attack |
| Stuart Methven | Kinsasha | 1975 | |
| Cord Meyer | London | 1973–1976 | |
| Wm Lyle Moseby | C.A.R. | ||
| David Murphy | Berlin | 1959 | Paris 1967 |
| Bill Murray | Paris | 2001–2004 | |
| Herbert W. Natzke | Philippines | c. 1979 | |
| William Nelson | Taiwan | 1963 | |
| Duyane Norman | Brazil | 2017 | |
| Birch O'Neill | Guatemala | 1953 | |
| Craig Osth | Rio de Janeiro | c. 1999 | Islamabad c. 2013 |
| Eloise Page | 1970s | First female station chief | |
| James Pavitt | Luxembourg | 1983–1986 | |
| David Atlee Phillips | Santo Domingo | 1965–1967 | Brasília 1970–1972 |
| Henry Pleasants | Bern, Switzerland | 1950–1956; | Bonn, Germany, 1956–1964 |
| Thomas Polgar | Frankfurt | 1949 | Saigon, 1972–1975 |
| Jose Rodriguez | Panama, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic | ||
| Winston M. Scott | London | 1947–1950 | Mexico City 1956–1969 |
| Charles Seidel | Cairo | 2000–2002 | Baghdad 2002–2003; Amman 2003–2005 |
| Theodore Shackley | Laos | 1966–1968 | Saigon 1968–1972 |
| John Sipher | Moscow | ||
| Stephen Slick | Budapest | 1998–2000 | |
| John Stockwell | Katanga | 1968 | Burundi 1970 |
| Carleton Swift | Baghdad | 1956–1957 | |
| Hugh Tovar | Malaysia and Indonesia | 1960s | Laos and Thailand 1970s; Vientiane, Laos beginning in May 1973 |
| Gregory Vogle | Kabul | 2004–2006, 2009–2010 | |
| Andrew Warren | Algeria | 2007–20-08; | convicted of rape while in station |
| Richard Welch | Lima | 1972 | Athens 1975; assassinated by Revolutionary Organization 17 November |
| Frank Wisner | London | c. 1959 | formerly DDP 1952–1959 |
| Alan D. Wolfe | Lahore | c. 1969 | Kabul; Islamabad formerly chief of Near East and South Asia Division |