Robert Kissane

Robert Christopher Kissane is an American law enforcement official who served as the acting deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from January 20 to March 17, 2025.

Education Kissane attended Mount Saint Michael Academy, before studying systems engineering at the United States Military Academy. He later obtained a Master of Business Administration from the University of Colorado.

Career Early career Kissane previously served in the United States Army, and also worked in banking and finance.

FBI Kissane joined the FBI as a special agent in 2003 and has spent the majority of his career in the New York field office. He was firstly assigned to investigate violent crime as a member of the New York Joint Bank Robbery Task Force. He transferred to the New York JTTF and investigated terrorist threats to the United States from East Africa. He was promoted to a supervisory special agent in 2014.

He was supposed to work with Brian Driscoll as Deputy Director of the FBI working underneath him. However, following the inauguration of Donald Trump in January 2025, Driscoll accidentally became acting director of the FBI because the White House website "incorrectly listed" him as acting director and Kissane as deputy director. Bongino took office on March 17.

Awards Kissane received the FBI director's award for excellence in the human intelligence program for his role in the team that located an operative wanted for the USS Cole bombing.