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.

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.

List of Deputies

Name	Term	President
Walt Whitman Rostow	1961	John F Kennedy
Alexander Haig	1970-1973	Richard Nixon
Brent Scowcroft	1973–1975	Gerald Ford
William G. Hyland	1975-1977	Gerald Ford
David L. Aaron	1977–1981	Jimmy Carter
Robert McFarlane	1982–1983	Ronald Reagan
John Poindexter	1983–1985	Ronald Reagan
Donald Fortier	1985-1986	Ronald Reagan
Peter Rodman	1986-1987	Ronald Reagan
Colin Powell	1987	Ronald Reagan
John Negroponte	1987–1989	Ronald Reagan
Robert Gates	1989-1991	George H. W. Bush
Jonathan Howe	1991-1993	George H. W. Bush
Sandy Berger	1993–1997	Bill Clinton
Jim Steinberg	1997-2001	Bill Clinton
Stephen Hadley	2001–2005	George W. Bush
Jack Dyer Crouch, II	2005–present	George W. Bush