Deputy National Security Advisor

The Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the Deputy National Security Advisor, is a member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, serving as deputy to the President's National Security Advisor.

Deputy National Security Advisor
Incumbent Vacant since May 1, 2025
Executive Office of the President
Member of	National Security Council Homeland Security Council
Reports to	President of the United States United States National Security Advisor
Appointer	President of the United States
Constituting instrument	National Security Presidential Memorandum[1]
Formation	1961
First holder	Walt Rostow
Website	wh.gov/nsc

Among other responsibilities, the Deputy National Security Advisor serves as Executive Secretary to the National Security Council Principals Committee, and as Chairman of the National Security Council Deputies Committee.^[2]

List of Deputies

No.	Picture	Name	Term	President
1		Walt Rostow	1961	John F. Kennedy
2		Carl Kaysen	1961–1963
3		Robert Komer	1965	Lyndon B. Johnson
4		Francis M. Bator	1965–1967[3]
5		Richard V. Allen	1969	Richard Nixon
6		Alexander Haig	1970–1973
7		Brent Scowcroft	1973–1975	Gerald Ford
8		William G. Hyland	1975–1977
9		David L. Aaron	1977–1981	Jimmy Carter
10		James W. Nance	1981–1982	Ronald Reagan
11		Robert McFarlane	1982–1983
12		John Poindexter	1983–1985
13		Donald Fortier	1985–1986
14		Peter Rodman	1986
15		Colin Powell	1986–1987
16		John Negroponte	1987–1989
17		Robert Gates	1989–1991	George H. W. Bush
18		Jonathan Howe	1991–1993
19		Sandy Berger	1993–1997	Bill Clinton
20		James Steinberg	1997–2001
21		Stephen Hadley	2001–2005	George W. Bush
22		Jack Dyer Crouch II	2005–2007
23		James Jeffrey	2007–2008
24		Thomas E. Donilon	2009–2010	Barack Obama
25		Denis McDonough	2010–2013
26		Tony Blinken	2013–2015
27		Avril Haines	2015–2017
28		K. T. McFarland	2017	Donald Trump
29		Ricky L. Waddell	2017–2018
30		Mira Ricardel	2018
31		Charles Kupperman	2019
32		Matthew Pottinger	2019–2021
33		Jonathan Finer	2021–2025	Joe Biden
34		Alex N. Wong	2025	Donald Trump