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The DD/CIA assists the Director in his duties as head of the CIA and exercises the powers of the Director when the Director’s position is vacant or in the Director’s absence or disability.</p> <p><b> </b></p> <p><b><br>Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency</b><br>The Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency is responsible for managing the CIA on a day-to-day basis; the position was previously called the Associate Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.</p> <p><br><b>Director of Intelligence</b><br>The <a class="internal-link" title="Intelligence & Analysis" href="/web/20150905053200/https://www.cia.gov/offices-of-cia/intelligence-analysis/index.html">Directorate of Intelligence</a>,<b> </b>the analytical branch of the CIA, is responsible for the production and dissemination of all-source intelligence analysis on key foreign issues. 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