Michael Richard Pompeo (born December 30, 1963) is an American politician. Pompeo is the 70th and current United States Secretary of State serving since April 2018. He was the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from January 2017 to April 2018. He has been the U.S. Representative for from 2011 through 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party. He has also served as a Kansas representative on the Republican National Committee.