Deputy National Security Advisor (United States)

The Deputy National Security Advisor is a member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and the United States National Security Council, serving as deputy to the President's National Security Advisor.

Among other responsibilities, the Deputy National Security Advisor often serves as Executive Secretary to the National Security Council Principals Committee, and as chairman of the National Security Council Deputies Committee. The role changes according to the organizational philosophy and staffing of each White House and there are often multiple deputies to the National Security Advisor charged with various areas of focus.[1][2]

List of Principal Deputies

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Picture Name Term President
Walt Rostow 1961 John F Kennedy
Carl Kaysen 1961–1963
Robert Komer 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson
Francis M. Bator 1965–1967[3]
Richard V. Allen 1969 Richard Nixon
Alexander Haig 1970–1973
Brent Scowcroft 1973–1975 Gerald Ford
William G. Hyland 1975–1977
David L. Aaron 1977–1981 Jimmy Carter
James W. Nance 1981–1982 Ronald Reagan
Robert McFarlane 1982–1983
John Poindexter 1983–1985
Donald Fortier 1985–1986
Peter Rodman 1986–1987
Colin Powell 1987
John Negroponte 1987–1989
Robert Gates 1989–1991 George H. W. Bush
Jonathan Howe 1991–1993
Sandy Berger 1993–1997 Bill Clinton
James Steinberg 1997–2001
Stephen Hadley 2001–2005 George W. Bush
Jack Dyer Crouch II 2005–2007
James Jeffrey 2007–2008
Thomas E. Donilon 2009–2010 Barack Obama
Denis McDonough 2010–2013
Tony Blinken 2013–2015
Avril Haines 2015–2017
K. T. McFarland 2017 Donald Trump
Ricky L. Waddell 2017–2018
Mira Ricardel 2018–present

List of additional Deputy advisors

Aside from the Principal Deputy, since the September 11, 2001 attacks, there have been some cases of other deputy-level positions created with an additional specifier title and alternate role. These include:

Additionally, during the Obama Administration, the Homeland Security Advisor was been formally titled as a Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security:

References

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