Leon Panetta

Leon Edward Panetta born June 28 1938 is an American retired politician and government official who served under several Democratic administrations as Secretary of Defense 20112013 Director of the Central Intelligence Agency 20092011 White House Chief of Staff 19941997 director of the Office of Management and Budget 19931994 as well as a US representative from California 19771993 Panetta was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993 He served under President Bill Clinton as Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1993 to 1994 and as White House Chief of Staff from 1994 to 1997 He cofounded the Panetta Institute for Public Policy in 1997 and served as a distinguished scholar to chancellor Charles B Reed of the California State University system and as a professor of public policy at Santa Clara University In January 2009 newly elected president Barack Obama nominated Panetta to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency Panetta was confirmed by the Senate in February 2009 As director of the CIA Panetta oversaw the operation that killed Osama bin Laden On April 28 2011 Obama announced the nomination of Panetta as defense secretary to replace the retiring Robert Gates In June the Senate confirmed Panetta unanimously and he assumed the office on July 1 2011 David Petraeus became CIA director on September 6 2011 Since retiring as Defense Secretary in 2013 Panetta has served as chairman of the Panetta Institute for Public Policy located at California State University Monterey Bay a campus of the California State University that he helped establish during his tenure as congressman The institute is dedicated to motivating and preparing people for lives of public service and helping them to become more knowledgeably engaged in the democratic process He also serves on a number of boards and commissions and frequently writes and lectures on publicpolicy issues Panettas son Jimmy has held his fathers former seat in the US House of Representatives since 2017 Description above from the Wikipedia article Leon Panetta licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia