The United States Deputy National Security Advisor is a member of the
Executive Office of the President of the United States
The Executive Office of the President (EOP) comprises the offices and agencies that support the work of the president at the center of the executive branch of the United States federal government. The EOP consists of several offices and agen ...
and the
United States National Security Council
The United States National Security Council (NSC) is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for consideration of national security, military, and foreign policy matters. Based in the White House, it is part of the Ex ...
, serving under the President's
National Security Advisor A national security advisor serves as the chief advisor to a national government on matters of security. The advisor is not usually a member of the government's cabinet but is usually a member of various military or security councils.
National sec ...
.
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 held by
Jonathan Finer, who assumed office on January 20, 2021.
List of Principal Deputies
List of additional deputy advisors
Aside from the principal deputy, since the
September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commer ...
, there have been some cases of other deputy-level positions created with an additional specifier title and alternate role. These include:
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Wayne Downing
Wayne Allan Downing (May 10, 1940 – July 18, 2007) was a four-star United States Army general born in Peoria, Illinois. He graduated from the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1962 and held a Master of Busi ...
(2001–2002) for Combatting Terrorism
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David McCormick (2006–2007) for International Economic Affairs
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John O. Brennan (2009–2013) for
Homeland Security
Homeland security is an American national security term for "the national effort to ensure a homeland that is safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards where American interests, aspirations, and ways of life can thrive" t ...
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Ben Rhodes (2009–2017) for Strategic Communications
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Lisa Monaco
Lisa Oudens Monaco (born February 25, 1968) is an American attorney, former federal prosecutor and national security official who has served as the 39th deputy attorney general of the United States since April 2021.
Monaco previously served as ...
(2013–2017) for
Homeland Security
Homeland security is an American national security term for "the national effort to ensure a homeland that is safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards where American interests, aspirations, and ways of life can thrive" t ...
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Wally Adeyemo (2015–2016) for International Economics
[https://www.csis.org/people/wally-adeyemo]
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Dina Powell
Dina Powell, also known as Dina Powell McCormick (née Habib , ar, دينا حبيب; June 12, 1973) is an American financial executive, philanthropist, and political advisor, best known for having been the United States Deputy National Securit ...
(2017–2018) for Strategy
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Nadia Schadlow
Nadia Catherine Schadlow (born c. 1965) is an American academic and defense-related government officer who briefly served in 2018 as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy in the Trump Administration. She is ...
(2018) for Strategy
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Victoria Coates (2019–2020) for Middle East and North African Affairs
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Anne Neuberger (2021–present) for Cyber and Emerging Technology
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Daleep Singh
Daleep Singh (born March 12, 1976) is an American economic advisor who was a Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics in the Biden administration and later joined PGIM Fixed Income in June 2022 as chief global economist.
He ...
(2021–2022) for International Economics
References
United States National Security Council
United States Deputy National Security Advisors