Gender: Male
Stephen R. Kappes was the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DDCIA), until his resignation on April 14, 2010. He had served in the CIA since 1981, with a two-year hiatus. A career clandestine operations professional, Kappes supervised the extraordinary rendition program, a non-judicial system of rendering persons suspected of terrorism to secret locations where most of them were interrogated. Kappes also helped persuade Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi to abandon his nuclear weapons program in 2003. In 2009, Kappes was convicted in absentia by an Italian court for his headquarters-based role in the rendition and torture of an Egyptian citizen who was kidnapped from Italian soil by the CIA.
Source: Wikipedia | Last updated on April 28, 2024
On the name Stephen Kappes, Stephen means To Wear a Crown, Wreath, Garland, Crowned.
The name Stephen Kappes is often used as a Male name and is mostly used as a First Name.
Stephen is commonly found in United Kingdom, United States of America, Nigeria, and 91 more countries.
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At NamesLook, the name Stephen is recorded 135,754 times globally, ranking it as the 406th most common name worldwide.
Stephen is most prevalent in United Kingdom, with 45,853 occurrences, making it the 24th most popular name in the country.
In Ireland, the name Stephen is found among 1 in every 11 people, showcasing its highest frequency there.
| Country | Rank | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | #24 | 1 : 12 |
| United States of America | #153 | 1 : 55 |
| Nigeria | #66 | 1 : 97 |
| Ireland | #11 | 1 : 11 |
| South Africa | #267 | 1 : 374 |
| Canada | #79 | 1 : 76 |
| Ghana | #18 | 1 : 42 |
| Hong Kong | #93 | 1 : 117 |
| France | #1,105 | 1 : 596 |
| Malaysia | #628 | 1 : 928 |
This chart displays the ranking of the name Stephen from 1980 to 2023, based on the most recent data from the U.S. Social Security Administration.
Stephen R. Kappes was the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DDCIA), until his resignation on April 14, 2010. He had served in the CIA since 1981, with a two-year hiatus. A career clandestine operations professional, Kappes supervised the extraordinary rendition program, a non-judicial system of rendering persons suspected of terrorism to secret locations where most of them were interrogated. Kappes also helped persuade Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi to abandon his nuclear weapons program in 2003. In 2009, Kappes was convicted in absentia by an Italian court for his headquarters-based role in the rendition and torture of an Egyptian citizen who was kidnapped from Italian soil by the CIA.
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