White House Chief of Staff

The White House Chief of Staff is the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and a senior aide to the President. The CoS does things previously done by the President's private secretary. Susie Wiles became White House Chief of Staff on January 20, 2025.

White House Chief of Staff
Incumbent Susie Wiles since January 20, 2025
Executive Office of the President White House Office
Reports to	President of the United States
Appointer	President of the United States
Formation	1946 (Assistant to the President) 1961 (White House Chief of Staff)
First holder	John R. Steelman
Website	www.whitehouse.gov

List of White House chiefs of staff

Image	Name	Start	End	Duration	President
	John Steelman	December 12, 1946	January 20, 1953	6 years, 39 days		Harry S. Truman (1945–1953)
	Sherman Adams	January 20, 1953	October 7, 1958	5 years, 260 days		Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961)
	Wilton Persons	October 7, 1958	January 20, 1961	2 years, 105 days
	Kenneth O'Donnell De facto	January 20, 1961	November 22, 1963	2 years, 306 days		John F. Kennedy (1961–1963)
	Walter Jenkins De facto	November 22, 1963	October 14, 1964	327 days		Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969)
	Bill Moyers De facto	October 14, 1964	July 8, 1965	267 days
	Jack Valenti De facto	July 8, 1965	June 1, 1966	328 days
	Marvin Watson De facto	June 1, 1966	April 26, 1968	1 year, 330 days
	James Jones De facto	April 26, 1968	January 20, 1969	269 days
	Bob Haldeman	January 20, 1969	April 30, 1973	4 years, 100 days		Richard Nixon (1969–1974)
	Vacant	April 30, 1973	May 4, 1973	4 days
	Al Haig	May 4, 1973	September 21, 1974	1 year, 140 days
						Gerald Ford (1974–1977)
	Donald Rumsfeld	September 21, 1974	November 20, 1975	1 year, 60 days
	Dick Cheney	November 20, 1975	January 20, 1977	1 year, 61 days
	Vacant	January 20, 1977	July 18, 1979	2 years, 179 days		Jimmy Carter (1977–1981)
	Ham Jordan	July 18, 1979	June 11, 1980	329 days
	Jack Watson	June 11, 1980	January 20, 1981	223 days
	James Baker	January 20, 1981	February 4, 1985	4 years, 15 days		Ronald Reagan (1981–1989)
	Don Regan	February 4, 1985	February 27, 1987	2 years, 23 days
	Howard Baker	February 27, 1987	July 1, 1988	1 year, 125 days
	Ken Duberstein	July 1, 1988	January 20, 1989	203 days
	John Sununu	January 20, 1989	December 16, 1991	2 years, 330 days		George H. W. Bush (1989–1993)
	Samuel Skinner	December 16, 1991	August 23, 1992	251 days
	James Baker	August 23, 1992	January 20, 1993	150 days
	Mack McLarty	January 20, 1993	July 17, 1994	1 year, 178 days		Bill Clinton (1993–2001)
	Leon Panetta	July 17, 1994	January 20, 1997	2 years, 187 days
	Erskine Bowles	January 20, 1997	October 20, 1998	1 year, 273 days
	John Podesta	October 20, 1998	January 20, 2001	2 years, 92 days
	Andy Card	January 20, 2001	April 14, 2006	5 years, 84 days		George W. Bush (2001–2009)
	Josh Bolten	April 14, 2006	January 20, 2009	2 years, 281 days
	Rahm Emanuel	January 20, 2009	October 1, 2010	1 year, 254 days		Barack Obama (2009–2017)
	Pete Rouse Acting	October 1, 2010	January 13, 2011	104 days
	Bill Daley	January 13, 2011	January 27, 2012	1 year, 14 days
	Jack Lew	January 27, 2012	January 20, 2013	359 days
	Denis McDonough	January 20, 2013	January 20, 2017	4 years, 0 days
	Reince Priebus	January 20, 2017	July 31, 2017	192 days		Donald Trump (2017–2021)
	John Kelly	July 31, 2017	January 2, 2019	1 year, 155 days
	Mick Mulvaney Acting	January 2, 2019	March 31, 2020	1 year, 89 days
	Mark Meadows	March 31, 2020	January 20, 2021	295 days
	Ron Klain	January 20, 2021	February 7, 2023	2 years, 18 days		Joe Biden (2021–2025)
	Jeff Zients	February 8, 2023	January 20, 2025	1 year, 347 days
	Susie Wiles	January 20, 2025	Incumbent	204 days		Donald Trump (2025–present)

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