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[[Image:DCIA-Panetta.jpg|thumb|right|Leon Panetta, as CIA director (2009)]]'''Leon Edward Panetta''' (born June 28, 1938 in Monterey, California) served in the Obama administration first as the Director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], having been appointed by President [[Barack Obama]], from January 2009 through June 2011, when he became the [[Secretary of Defense]], a position he held until stepping down in February 2013. Despite criticisms of his lack of significant intelligence experience, he was unanimously confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on February 12, 2009.
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Leon Panetta
|image = DCIA-Panetta.jpg
|office = 23rd [[United States Secretary of Defense]]
|president = [[Barack Obama]]
|deputy = [[William J. Lynn III|William Lynn]]<br>[[Ash Carter]]
|term_start = July 1, 2011
|term_end = February 26, 2013<ref name="Historical Office">{{cite web|url=http://history.defense.gov/Multimedia/Biographies/Article-View/Article/571278/leon-e-panetta/|title=Leon E. Panetta - Barack Obama Administration|work=Office of the Secretary of Defense - Historical Office}}</ref>
|predecessor = [[Robert Gates]]
|successor = [[Chuck Hagel]]
|office1 = [[Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]]
|president1 = [[Barack Obama]]
|deputy1 = [[Stephen Kappes]]<br>[[Michael Morell]]
|term_start1 = February 13, 2009
|term_end1 = June 30, 2011
|predecessor1 = [[Michael Hayden (general)|Michael Hayden]]
|successor1 = [[Michael Morell]] {{small|(Acting)}}
|office2 = [[List of White House Chiefs of Staff|18th]] [[White House Chief of Staff]]
|president2 = [[Bill Clinton]]
|term_start2 = July 17, 1994
|term_end2 = January 20, 1997
|predecessor2 = [[Mack McLarty]]
|successor2 = [[Erskine Bowles]]
|office3 = Director of the [[Office of Management and Budget]]
|president3 = [[Bill Clinton]]
|term_start3 = January 21, 1993
|term_end3 = July 17, 1994
|predecessor3 = [[Richard Darman]]
|successor3 = [[Alice Rivlin]]
|office4 = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on the Budget|House Budget Committee]]
|term_start4 = January 3, 1989
|term_end4 = January 21, 1993
|predecessor4 = [[William H. Gray (Pennsylvania politician)|Bill Gray]]
|successor4 = [[Martin Olav Sabo]]
|state5 = [[California]]
|district5 = {{ushr|CA|17|17th}}
|term_start5 = January 3, 1993
|term_end5 = January 21, 1993
|predecessor5 = [[Cal Dooley]]
|succeeded5 = [[Sam Farr]]
|state6 = [[California]]
|district6 = {{ushr|CA|16|16th}}
|term_start6 = January 3, 1977
|term_end6 = January 3, 1993
|predecessor6 = [[Burt L. Talcott|Burt Talcott]]
|succeeded6 = [[Don Edwards]]
|birth_name = Leon Edward Panetta
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|6|28}}
|birth_place = [[Monterey, California|Monterey]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] {{small|(Before 1971)}}<br>[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] {{small|(1971–present)}}
|spouse = Sylvia Varni
|education = [[Santa Clara University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])}}
|signature = Leon Panetta Sig.svg
|allegiance = {{flag|United States}}
|branch = {{army|United States}}
|serviceyears = 1964–1966
|rank = [[File:US-O2 insignia.svg|5px]] [[First lieutenant|First Lieutenant]]
|mawards = [[Commendation Medal|Army Commendation Medal]]
}}
'''Leon Edward Panetta''' (born June 28, 1938 in Monterey, California) served in the Obama administration first as the Director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], having been appointed by President [[Barack Obama]], from January 2009 through June 2011, when he became the [[Secretary of Defense]], a position he held until stepping down in February 2013. Despite criticisms of his lack of significant intelligence experience, he was unanimously confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on February 12, 2009.
Raised by Italian immigrant parents, Panetta received a bachelor's degree and law degree from [[Santa Clara University]]. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1966, he became a legislative aide in the Senate. In 1971 Panetta rose to become head of the U.S. Office for Civil Rights under President [[Richard Nixon]] and later an executive assistant to [[New York City]] Mayor [[John Lindsay]]. In 1976 Panetta was elected to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] as a [[Democrat]] from the [[California]] Monterey area, and reelected nine times. As chairman of the House Budget Committee, Panetta was credited as a budget hawk that reached across the aisle, while repeatedly voted against the [[Reagan Administration]] on military initiatives.
Raised by Italian immigrant parents, Panetta received a bachelor's degree and law degree from [[Santa Clara University]]. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1966, he became a legislative aide in the Senate. In 1971 Panetta rose to become head of the U.S. Office for Civil Rights under President [[Richard Nixon]] and later an executive assistant to [[New York City]] Mayor [[John Lindsay]]. In 1976 Panetta was elected to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] as a [[Democrat]] from the [[California]] Monterey area, and reelected nine times. As chairman of the House Budget Committee, Panetta was credited as a budget hawk that reached across the aisle, while repeatedly voted against the [[Reagan Administration]] on military initiatives.