David Howell Petraeus AO (/pɨˈtreɪ.əs/; born November 7, 1952) is a retired American military officer and public official. He served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from September 6, 2011, until his resignation on November 9, 2012. Prior to his assuming the directorship of the CIA, Petraeus was a highly decorated four-star general, serving over 37 years in the United States Army. His last assignments in the Army were as commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A) from July 4, 2010, to July 18, 2011. His other four-star assignments include serving as the 10th Commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) from October 13, 2008, to June 30, 2010, and as Commanding General, Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF-I) from February 10, 2007, to September 16, 2008. As commander of MNF-I, Petraeus oversaw all coalition forces in Iraq.Petraeus has a B.S. degree from the United States Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1974 as a distinguished cadet (top 5% of his class). In his class were three other future four-star generals, Martin Dempsey, Walter L. Sharp and Keith B. Alexander. He was the General George C. Marshall Award winner as the top graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College class of 1983. He subsequently earned an M.P.A. in 1985 and a Ph.D. degree in international relations in 1987 from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He later served as Assistant Professor of International Relations at the United States Military Academy and also completed a fellowship at Georgetown University.Petraeus has repeatedly stated that he has no plans to run for elected political office. On June 23, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Petraeus to succeed General Stanley McChrystal as commanding general of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, technically a step down from his position as Commander of United States Central Command, which oversees the military efforts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, and Egypt.On June 30, 2011, Petraeus was unanimously confirmed as the next Director of the CIA by the U.S. Senate 94–0. Petraeus relinquished command of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan on July 18, 2011, and retired from the U.S. Army on August 31, 2011. On November 9, 2012, General Petraeus resigned from his position as Director of the CIA, citing his extramarital affair which was reportedly discovered in the course of an FBI investigation.
Appointed by President Barack Obama as head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in April of 2011, he resigned in November of 2012 after an FBI investigation disclosed that the married Petraeus had been having an affair for almost a year with a woman--Paula Broadwell, a former army officer--who had written his biography.
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Commander of United States Central Command (September 16, 2008, to June 30, 2010).
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Commander of ISAF-Afghanistan (June 30, 2010 to 2011).
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The General's office is located inside the former Republican Palace of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad's green zone. Petraeus shares the palace section with Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq.
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Commander of Multi-National Force - Iraq ( January 26, 2007, to September 16, 2008).
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Surname pronounced Pe-TRAY-us. Son of a Dutch immigrant.
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The Untold Story of the Gulf Wars
2016
Documentary post-production
Himself
Thank You for Your Service
2015/I
Documentary
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The View
2015
TV Series
Himself
Charlie Rose
2004-2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo
2015
TV Series
Himself - Former CIA Director
The Diplomat
2015
Documentary
How to Make a Man
2014
TV Special documentary
Himself
Frontline
2007-2014
TV Series documentary
Himself - General, U.S. Army / Himself - CENTCOM Commander / Himself - US Army General
The Iraq War
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself - Commander, 101st Airborne
America's Book of Secrets
2013
TV Series
Himself
Inside the Afghanistan War
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself - General, U.S. Army, ret.
Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience
2011
Documentary
Himself (as Gen. David Howell Petraeus)
Dispatches
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself - Commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan
War Stories with Oliver North
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself
National Geographic Explorer
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself - United States Central Command
America: The Story of Us
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
Crisis Guide: Pakistan
2010
Video documentary short
Himself - Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan
The Surge: The Whole Story
2009
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2012
TV Series
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Dateline NBC
2012
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Himself - General (segment "Update)
America's Book of Secrets
2012
TV Series
Himself
Democracy Now!
2010
TV Series
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The O'Reilly Factor
2007-2008
TV Series
Himself / Himself - U.S. Commander in Iraq / Himself - Commander in Iraq
60 Minutes
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself - Army General (segment "McCain for President")
Al Jazeera English
2007
TV Series
Himself
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