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 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.
The position is currently being held by Matthew Pottinger.

List of Principal Deputies

PictureNameTermPresident
Walt Rostow1961John F Kennedy
Carl Kaysen1961–1963John F Kennedy
Robert Komer1965Lyndon B. Johnson
Francis M. Bator1965–1967Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard V. Allen1969Richard Nixon
Alexander Haig1970–1973Richard Nixon
Brent Scowcroft1973–1975Gerald Ford
William G. Hyland1975–1977Gerald Ford
David L. Aaron1977–1981Jimmy Carter
James W. Nance1981–1982Ronald Reagan
Robert McFarlane1982–1983Ronald Reagan
John Poindexter1983–1985Ronald Reagan
Donald Fortier1985–1986Ronald Reagan
Peter Rodman1986–1987Ronald Reagan
Colin Powell1987Ronald Reagan
John Negroponte1987–1989Ronald Reagan
Robert Gates1989–1991George H. W. Bush
Jonathan Howe1991–1993George H. W. Bush
Sandy Berger1993–1997Bill Clinton
James Steinberg1997–2001Bill Clinton
Stephen Hadley2001–2005George W. Bush
Jack Dyer Crouch II2005–2007George W. Bush
James Jeffrey2007–2008George W. Bush
Thomas E. Donilon2009–2010Barack Obama
Denis McDonough2010–2013Barack Obama
Tony Blinken2013–2015Barack Obama
Avril Haines2015–2017Barack Obama
K. T. McFarland2017Donald Trump
Ricky L. Waddell2017–2018Donald Trump
Mira Ricardel2018Donald Trump
Charles Kupperman2019Donald Trump
Matthew Pottinger2019–presentDonald Trump

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 formerly titled as a Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security: