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White House Press Secretary

<p>The <b>White House press secretary</b> is a senior <a href="/en/White_House" title="White House" class="wl">White House</a> official whose primary responsibility is to act as <a href="/en/Spokesperson" title="Spokesperson" class="wl">spokesperson</a> for the <a href="/en/Federal_government_of_the_United_States#Executive_branch" title="Federal government of the United States" class="wl">executive branch of the United States federal government</a>, especially with regard to the president, senior aides and executives, as well as government policies.</p>

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border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span><a href="/en/File:US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg/175px-US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="83" data-file-height="58" data-file-type="drawing" height="122" width="175" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg/263px-US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg/350px-US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg.png 2x" alt="US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Logo of the White House.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9; line-height:1.4em;"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border"><a href="/en/File:Karine_Jean-Pierre_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Karine_Jean-Pierre_2021.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Karine_Jean-Pierre_2021.jpg/220px-Karine_Jean-Pierre_2021.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="786" data-file-height="1036" data-file-type="bitmap" height="290" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Karine_Jean-Pierre_2021.jpg/330px-Karine_Jean-Pierre_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Karine_Jean-Pierre_2021.jpg/440px-Karine_Jean-Pierre_2021.jpg 2x" alt="Karine_Jean-Pierre_2021.jpg"></a></span></div><b>Incumbent<br><a href="/en/Karine_Jean-Pierre" title="Karine Jean-Pierre" class="wl">Karine Jean-Pierre</a><br></b>since<span>&nbsp;</span>May 13, 2022</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/en/White_House_Office_of_the_Press_Secretary" title="White House Office of the Press Secretary" class="wl">White House Office of the Press Secretary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States" class="wl">President of the United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">March<span>&nbsp;</span>4, 1929<span class="noprint"><span>;</span><span> </span>94 years ago</span><span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1929-03-04</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/George_Akerson" title="George Akerson" class="mw-redirect wl">George Akerson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data">$180,000 <a href="/en/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar" class="wl">USD</a> (2021)<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/" class="external text" target="_blank">www<wbr>.whitehouse<wbr>.gov<wbr>/briefing-room<wbr>/press-briefings<wbr>/</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint"><a href="/en/Q2306431#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata" class="image wl"><img loading="lazy"alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" data-file-type="drawing" height="10" width="10" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x"></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>

<p>The press secretary is responsible for collecting information about actions and events within the president's administration and issues the administration's reactions to developments around the world. The press secretary interacts with the media and the <a href="/en/White_House_press_corps" title="White House press corps" class="wl">White House press corps</a> on a daily basis, generally in a daily press briefing.  The press secretary serves by the appointment and at the pleasure of the president of the United States; the office does not require the <a href="/en/Advice_and_consent" title="Advice and consent" class="wl">advice and consent</a> of the <a href="/en/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" class="wl">United States Senate</a>; however, because of the frequent briefings given to the global media, who in turn inform the public, the position is a prominent non-Cabinet post.</p>

<p>On May 13, 2022, <a href="/en/Karine_Jean-Pierre" title="Karine Jean-Pierre" class="wl">Karine Jean-Pierre</a> replaced <a href="/en/Jen_Psaki" title="Jen Psaki" class="wl">Jen Psaki</a> and became the 35th White House press secretary.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></p>



The White House press secretary is a senior White House official whose primary responsibility is to act as spokesperson for the executive branch of the United States federal government, especially with regard to the president, senior aides and executives, as well as government policies. The press secretary is responsible for collecting information about actions and events within the president's administration and issues the administration's reactions to developments around the world. The press secretary interacts with the media and the White House press corps on a daily basis, generally in a daily press briefing.  The press secretary serves by the appointment and at the pleasure of the president of the United States; the office does not require the advice and consent of the United States Senate; however, because of the frequent briefings given to the global media, who in turn inform the public, the position is a prominent non-Cabinet post. 