Deputy National Security Advisor

The United States 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 under 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]

The position is held by Jonathan Finer, who assumed office on January 20, 2021.

List of Principal Deputies

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
Colin Powell 1986–1987
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
Charles Kupperman 2019
Matthew Pottinger 2019–2021
Jonathan Finer 2021–present Joe Biden

List of additional deputy advisors

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

References

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