Question: Recently who has been appointed as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, United States of America?
(a) Ajit Pai
(b) Nikki Haley
(c) Mike Pompeo
(d) Mike Pence
Ans:(c)
Related facts:
- On 23 January 2017; American Senate appointed Mike Pompeo as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
- 66 senators backed Pompeo and 32 voted against.
- Pompeo was sworn in by US Vice President Mike Pence.
- Previously, he was the US Representative for Kansas’s 4th congressional district from 2011 to 2017.
- He is a member of the Tea Party movement within the Republican Party.
- He replaced John Brennan who retired on 20 January 2017.
- The Central Intelligence Agency was formed on 18 September 1947.
Reference:
https://greatagain.gov/president-elect-donald-j-3e652b8d0d07#.nlpi00zhx
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3036
http://www.wsj.com/articles/mike-pompeo-is-confirmed-as-donald-trumps-cia-director-1485220999