The White House deputy chief of staff is officially the top aide to the White House chief of staff, who is the senior aide to the

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. The deputy chief of staff usually has an office in the

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and is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the

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bureaucracy, as well as such other duties as the chief of staff assigns to them. In all recent administrations, there have been multiple deputy chiefs with different duties. In the

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, there are two current deputy chiefs of staff: *

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, Deputy Chief of Staff * Bruce Reed, Deputy Chief of Staff Six deputy chiefs of staff were subsequently promoted to become chief of staff:

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, Ken Duberstein,

Andrew Card Andrew Hill Card Jr. (born May 10, 1947) is an American politician and academic administrator who was White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006, as well as head of Bush's White House Iraq Group. Card served as ...

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, and

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List of White House deputy chiefs of staff

Ford administration Gerald Ford's tenure as the 38th president of the United States began on August 9, 1974, upon the resignation of Richard Nixon from office, and ended on January 20, 1977, a period of days. Ford, a Republican from Michigan, had served as vic ...

, Deputy Chief of Staff * Carter administration ** Landon Butler, Deputy Chief of Staffhttps://www.whitehousetransitionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/WHTP2021-20-Chief-of-Staff.pdf ** William G. Simpson, Deputy Chief of Staff *

Reagan administration Ronald Reagan's tenure as the 40th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1981, and ended on January 20, 1989. Reagan, a Republican from California, took office following a landslide victory over D ...

Michael Deaver Michael Keith Deaver (April 11, 1938 – August 18, 2007) was a member of President Ronald Reagan's White House staff serving as White House Deputy Chief of Staff under James Baker III and Donald Regan from January 1981 until May 1985. Early ...

, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1981–1985 ** Kenneth Duberstein, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1987–1988 ** M. B. Oglesby Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff, 1988–1989 * George H.W. Bush administration **

, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1989–1992 **

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, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1992 **

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, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1992–1993 * Clinton administration ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations ***

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, 1993–1994 ***

, 1994–1996 ***

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, 1996 ***

, 1997–1998 ***

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, 1998–2001 ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy *** Mark Gearan, 1993 ***

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, 1993 *** Harold M. Ickes, 1993–1996 *** Sylvia Mathews Burwell, 1997–1998 ***

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, 1998–2001 *

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** Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations ***

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, 2001–2008 ***

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, 2008–2009 ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy ***

, 2001–2003 ***

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, 2003–2005 *** Karl Rove, 2005–2007 *** Joel Kaplan, 2006–2009 * Obama administration ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations *** Jim Messina, 2009–2011 ***

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, 2011–2014 ***

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, 2014–2017 ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy ***

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, 2009–2011 ***

Nancy-Ann DeParle Nancy-Ann Min DeParle (born December 17, 1956) served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy in the administration of President Obama from January 2011 to January 2013. Previously, she served as the director of the White House Office of Health ...

, 2011–2013 *** Rob Nabors, 2013–2015 ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning ***

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, 2012–2014 ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Implementation *** Kristie Canegallo, 2014–2017 *

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** Principal Deputy Chief of Staff *** Katie Walsh, 2017 (Implementation) ***

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, 2017 ***

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, 2017–2018 *** Zachary Fuentes, 2018–2019 *** Emma Doyle, 2019–2020 ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations ***

, 2017–2018 *** Dan Walsh, 2018–2019 *** Anthony M. Ornato, 2019–2021 ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy *** Rick Dearborn, 2017–2018 ***

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, 2018–2021 ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications *** Bill Shine, 2018–2019 ***

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, 2020–2021 *

, 2021–present ** Bruce Reed, 2021–present

In popular culture

* In the NBC television drama ''

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'', the position of White House deputy chief of staff (for strategic planning) was held by

Josh Lyman Joshua Lyman is a fictional character played by Bradley Whitford on the television drama series ''The West Wing''. The role earned Whitford the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2001. For most of the se ...

in the fictional Bartlet administration and

Sam Seaborn Samuel Norman Seaborn is a fictional character played by Rob Lowe on the television serial drama ''The West Wing''. From the beginning of the series in 1999 until the middle of the fourth season in 2003, he is deputy White House Communications Di ...

in the fictional Santos administration. *

Chad Lowe Charles Davis Lowe II (born January 15, 1968) is an American actor. He is the younger brother of actor Rob Lowe. He won an Emmy Award for his supporting role in '' Life Goes On'' as a young man living with HIV. He has had recurring roles on '' ...

portrayed White House deputy chief of staff

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, serving under White House chief of staff

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and President

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on the television drama '' 24''. *

Adan Canto Adan Canto (born December 5, 1981) is a Mexican actor. He is known for his role as Sunspot in the 2014 superhero film '' X-Men: Days of Future Past''. On television, Canto played Paul Torres on the Fox drama series ''The Following'', and in 2015 ...

portrayed the White House deputy chief of staff before being promoted to White House chief of staff in the ABC political drama series ''

Designated Survivor In the United States, a designated survivor (or designated successor) is a named individual in the presidential line of succession, chosen to stay at an undisclosed secure location, away from events such as State of the Union addresses and pre ...

.''

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