serviceyears branch allegiance birth_date term_end alma_mater commands battles term_start spouse rank image name deputy predecessor birth_place president awards office successor article_title birth_name
1974 -- 2011 united states 23px united states united states of america 1960 23px 7 november 1952 november 30 , 2010 9 , 2012 july 18 , 2011 june u.s. m.p.a. / ph.d. -rrb- military academy -lrb- b.s. -rrb- princeton university -lrb- international central command multinational force-iraq united states army combined arms center security fort leavenworth multinational security transition command-iraq 101st airborne division -lrb- assistance air assault -rrb- 1st brigade , 82nd airborne division 3rd force battalion , 187th infantry regiment a company , 2nd battalion united , 9th infantry regiment -lrb- mechanized -rrb- states forces-afghanistan united states stabilisation war war in afghanistan -lrb- 2001 -- present -rrb- force operation uphold democracy operation desert spring iraq september 31 , 2008 6 , 2011 june 23 , 2010 october hollister `` holly '' knowlton 1974 25px general dcia david petraeus.jpg border david petraeus michael morell michael -lrb- acting -rrb- morell -lrb- acting -rrb- stanley mcchrystal martin dempsey cornwall-on-hudson , new york , u.s. barack obama army commendation medal army commendation medal director international security assistance force commander of united states central command of the central intelligence agency commander of the michael -lrb- acting -rrb- morell -lrb- acting -rrb- john allen john allen david petraeus
 david howell petraeus
david petraeus

david howell petraeus -lrb- ; born november 7 , 1952 -rrb- 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 -lrb- isaf -rrb- and commander , u.s. forces afghanistan -lrb- usfor-a -rrb- from july 4 , 2010 , to july 18 , 2011 .
his other four-star assignments include serving as the 10th commander , u.s. central command -lrb- uscentcom -rrb- from october 13 , 2008 , to june 30 , 2010 , and as commanding general , multi-national force -- iraq -lrb- mnf-i -rrb- 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 -lrb- top 5 % of his class -rrb- .
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 .
in january 2015 , officials reported the fbi and justice department prosecutors had recommended bringing felony charges against petraeus for allegedly providing classified information to his mistress while serving as the director of the cia .
eventually , petraeus pled guilty to one misdemeanor charge of mishandling classified information .
