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{{Use American English|date=May 2024}}
{{Short description|U.S. government position}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Inspector General
| insignia = Seal of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.png
| insigniasize = 125
| insigniacaption = Seal of the ICIG
| image = Thomas A. Monheim official photo.png
| imagesize = 
| incumbent = [[Thomas Monheim]]
| acting = 
| incumbentsince = October 4, 2021
| department = [[United States Intelligence Community]]
| style = 
| member_of = 
| reports_to = [[Director of National Intelligence]]
| seat = 
| appointer = [[President of the United States|President]]
| appointer_qualified = with [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[advice and consent]]
| termlength = No fixed term
| constituting_instrument = {{usc|50|3033}}
| formation = October 7, 2010
| first = [[Irvin Charles McCullough|Charles McCullough]]
| succession = 
| deputy = 
| salary = 
| website = {{official url|https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/organizations/icig/icig-who-we-are}}
| body = the Intelligence Community
}}

The '''inspector general of the Intelligence Community''' ('''ICIG''') is an official of the [[United States Intelligence Community]] charged with investigating agencies of the Intelligence Community.

The 2010 [[Intelligence Authorization Act]] formally established the [[Office of the Inspector General]] of the United States Intelligence Community within the [[Office of the Director of National Intelligence]].

In accordance with {{USC|50|3033}}, the Intelligence Community Inspector General conducts independent and objective audits, investigations, inspections, and reviews to promote economy, efficiency, effectiveness, and integration across the Intelligence Community.

On May 10, 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated Thomas Monheim, the Acting Inspector General, to serve as the inspector general. On September 30, 2021, Monheim was confirmed by the US Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/564|title=PN564 — Thomas Andrew Monheim — Office of the Director of National Intelligence|website=congress.gov|date=30 September 2021}}</ref>

==Inspectors general==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!No.
! class="unsortable" |Image
!Name
!Start
!End
!Duration
! colspan="2" |President(s)
|-
|1
|[[File:I_Charles_McCullough_III_official_photo_as_Inspector_General.png|100px]]
|{{sortname|Charles|McCullough|Irvin Charles McCullough}}
|{{dts|November 2011}}
|{{dts|March 2017}}
|~5 years
| rowspan="1" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="1" |{{sortname|Barack|Obama}}
|-
|2
|[[File:Michael_K._Atkinson_official_photo.jpg|100px]]
|{{sortname|Michael|Atkinson|Michael Atkinson (Inspector General)}}
|{{dts|May 17, 2018}}
|{{dts|April 3, 2020}}
|{{ayd|2018|5|17|2020|4|3}}
| rowspan="1" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="1" |{{sortname|Donald|Trump}}
|-
|3
|[[File:Thomas_A._Monheim_official_photo.png|100px]]
|{{sortname|Thomas|Monheim}}
|{{dts|April 3, 2020}}
|''Incumbent''
|{{ayd|2020|4|3}}
| rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="4" |{{sortname|Joe|Biden}}
|-
|}

== References ==
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{{United States federal Offices of Inspector General}}
{{United States intelligence agencies}}
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[[Category:United States intelligence agencies]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 2010]]
[[Category:United States inspectors general|Intelligence Community]]