David Charles Gompert (October 6, 1945 – August 21, 2024) is an American government official and former diplomat who served as the acting

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(DNI) following the resignation of Dennis C. Blair in 2009. Prior to his ascension as DNI, he was Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence and continued serving in that capacity until 2011.

Career

In between government and academic tenures, Gompert has worked in the private sector. He has worked in senior executive positions at

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, and most recently as a senior fellow at RAND, a leading research organization that explores topics such as

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, and

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and

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. Before that, he was a distinguished research professor at the National Defense University's Center for Technology and National Security Policy. From 2003 to 2004, Gompert was the senior adviser for national security and defense to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq that followed the deposed Ba'athist regime. From 1975 to 1983, he held numerous positions at the U.S. Department of State, serving as deputy to the

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, deputy director of the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, and special assistant to former Secretary of State

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. Following these capacities in the Ford, Carter, and Reagan administrations, he was appointed Special Assistant to President

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. Gompert received a bachelor's degree in engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, where he once served on the faculty, and a Master of Public Affairs from

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's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

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External links

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Press Release on United States Senate Confirmation

By David C. Gompert, Olga Oliker, and Anga Timilsina, The RAND Corporation, January 2004.
Occupying Iraq: A History of the Coalition Provisional Authority
The RAND Corporation, 2009. By James Dobbins, Seth G. Jones, Benjamin Runkle, Sidd harth Mohandas. , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Gompert, David 1945 births 2024 deaths RAND Corporation people United States deputy directors of national intelligence United States Naval Academy alumni United States Naval Academy faculty Princeton School of Public and International Affairs alumni