Patrick M. Hughes (born September 19, 1942) is a retired United States Army officer who served the 12th Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Previously he was Director of Intelligence (J-2) and DIA, Joint Staff in the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from 1994 to 1996, and the Director of Intelligence (J-2) at United States Central Command from 1992–1994. He was the Commanding General, United States Army Intelligence Agency, and the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, U.S. Army from 1990 until 1992. He joined the United States Department of Homeland Security in 2003 as the Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis (Intelligence), and departed from DHS and Government service in March 2005.