What is Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation?
{{Infobox official post | post = Director | body = the Federal Bureau of Investigation | insignia = US-FBI-ShadedSeal.svg | insigniasize = 120 | insigniacaption = Seal of the FBI | flag = Flag of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.svg | flagsize = 130 | flagcaption = Flag of the FBI | image = Kash Patel, official FBI portrait (cropped 1).jpg | incumbent = [[Kash Patel]] | incumbentsince = February 21, 2025 | acting = | department = [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] | reports_to = [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]]<br>[[Director of National Intelligence]] | seat = [[J. Edgar Hoover Building]], [[Washington, D.C.]] | appointer = The [[President of the United States|President]] | appointer_qualified = with [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[advice and consent]] | termlength = At the pleasure of the President. (10 years by statute), renewable (only by the Senate) | first = [[Stanley Finch]] | formation = July 26, 1908 | deputy = [[Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|Deputy Director]] | website = {{url|fbi.gov/about/leadership-and-structure|www.fbi.gov}} }} The '''Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation''' is the [[wikt:head|head]] of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. ==Responsibilities== The director is responsible for the day-to-day operations. Along with the [[Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|deputy director]], the director makes sure [[wikt:case|case]]s and operations are handled correctly. The director also is in charge of hiring the leaders in any one of the FBI [[List of FBI field offices|field offices]] with qualified [[wikt:agent|agent]]s. The director [[wikt:advise|advise]]d the [[President of the United States|president]] on any issues that arose from within the FBI. This was until the [[Intelligence Refo