Timothy D. Haugh

Timothy Dean Haugh (born 11 January 1969) is a retired United States Air Force general who served as the commander of the United States Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency, and chief of the Central Security Service from 2024 to 2025. He previously served as the deputy commander of the United States Cyber Command.

Biography Born in 1969, Haugh is from Hughesville, Pennsylvania, and graduated from high school there in 1987. He was commissioned through AFROTC at Lehigh University. His father was an enlisted navigator in the United States Marine Corps. In May 2023, Haugh was nominated for promotion to general and appointment as commander of the United States Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency, and chief of the Central Security Service. On 30 November, Sen. Ron Wyden pledged to block the vote confirming Haugh as director of the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command until the NSA releases information on the alleged purchase and use of data collected on American citizens. The U.S. Senate approved the nomination and his promotion to the rank of general on 19 December.

On 3 April 2025, Haugh was relieved of his positions. Julian Barnes in The New York Times reported the Department of Defense did not respond to requests for commentary and also wrote, based on an alleged anonymous source within the Trump administration, that Laura Loomer met with president Donald Trump the day prior and called for Haugh to be fired due to perceived "disloyalty" to the current president of the United States. Trump subsequently directed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to dismiss Haugh.

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