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|{{date table sorting|December 9, 1970}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/12/10/archives/harlow-resigns-as-aide-to-nixon-will-return-to-lobbyist-post-with.html |title=Harlow Resigns As Aide to Nixon; Will Return to Lobbyist Post |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref>
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|{{sortname|Robert|Finch|dab=American politician}}<br>(1925–1995)
|{{sortname|Robert|Finch|dab=American politician}}<br>(1925–1995)
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{date table sorting|June 23, 1970}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/06/10/archives/washington-finch-and-the-postwar-economy.html |title=Finch and the Postwar Economy |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=November 18, 2016}}</ref>
|{{date table sorting|June 23, 1970}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/06/10/archives/washington-finch-and-the-postwar-economy.html |title=Finch and the Postwar Economy |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref>
|{{date table sorting|December 15, 1972}}<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1995–10–11/news/mn-55826_1_richard-nixon] {{dead link|date=November 2016}}</ref>
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|{{sortname|Dean|Burch}}<br>(1927–1991)
|{{sortname|Dean|Burch}}<br>(1927–1991)
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{date table sorting|March 8, 1974}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/03/06/archives/burch-under-senate-pressure-to-step-up-fcc-departure-3-vacancies.html |title=Burch Under Senate Pressure to Step Up FCC Departure 3 Vacancies |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=November 18, 2016}}</ref>
|{{date table sorting|March 8, 1974}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/03/06/archives/burch-under-senate-pressure-to-step-up-fcc-departure-3-vacancies.html |title=Burch Under Senate Pressure to Step Up FCC Departure 3 Vacancies |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref>
|{{date table sorting|December 31, 1974}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/12/03/archives/burch-resigning-as-white-house-adviser-notes-on-people.html |title=Burch Resigning as White House Adviser Notes on People |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=November 18, 2016}}</ref>
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|{{sortname|Kenneth|Rush}}<br>(1910–1994)
|{{sortname|Kenneth|Rush}}<br>(1910–1994)
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|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{date table sorting|May 29, 1974}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/30/archives/rush-sworn-as-counselor-to-president-on-economy.html |title=Rush Sworn as Counselor to President on Economy|work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=November 18, 2016}}</ref>
|{{date table sorting|May 29, 1974}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/30/archives/rush-sworn-as-counselor-to-president-on-economy.html |title=Rush Sworn as Counselor to President on Economy|work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref>
|{{date table sorting|September 19, 1974}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/rush-kenneth |title=Kenneth Rush – People – Department History – Office of the Historian |publisher=History.state.gov |accessdate=November 14, 2016}}</ref>
|{{date table sorting|September 19, 1974}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/rush-kenneth |title=Kenneth Rush – People – Department History – Office of the Historian |publisher=History.state.gov |access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref>
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|{{sortname|Robert T.|Hartmann}}<ref>{{cite web |author=Dennis Hevesi |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/19/us/politics/19hartmann.html?_r=0 |title=Robert Hartmann, 91, Dies; Wrote Ford's Noted Talk |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 19, 2008 |accessdate=November 14, 2016}}</ref><br>(1917–2008)
|{{sortname|Robert T.|Hartmann}}<ref>{{cite web |author=Dennis Hevesi |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/19/us/politics/19hartmann.html?_r=0 |title=Robert Hartmann, 91, Dies; Wrote Ford's Noted Talk |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 19, 2008 |access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref><br>(1917–2008)
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|{{sortname|John|Marsh|John Otho Marsh Jr.}}<br>(1926–2019)
|{{sortname|John|Marsh|John Otho Marsh Jr.}}<br>(1926–2019)
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{date table sorting|August 9, 1974}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/11/archives/ford-bids-cabinet-and-agency-heads-remain-in-posts-indefinite-stays.html |title=Ford Bids Cabinet and Agency Heads Remain in Post Indefinite Stays|work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=November 18, 2016}}</ref>
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|{{date table sorting|January 20, 1977}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A05EED6173DE034BC4D53DFB767838D669EDE&legacy=true |title=Ford Making Plans For Handing Over Controls to Carter |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=November 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023060500/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A05EED6173DE034BC4D53DFB767838D669EDE&legacy=true |archive-date=October 23, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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|{{sortname|Mack|McLarty}}<br>(born 1946)
|{{sortname|Mack|McLarty}}<br>(born 1946)
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{date table sorting|July 17, 1994}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://articles.latimes.com/1994-06-28/news/mn-9582_1_panetta-mclarty-president-clinton |title=Panetta Named Chief of Staff in Major White House Shake-Up : Presidency: Clinton's friend McLarty will step aside and become the counselor to the President. Gergen will move to State Dept. and Rivlin will be budget director in effort to add 'strength, vitality.' |last=NELSON |first=JACK |date=1994-06-28|work=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=2017-11-15 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}}</ref>
|{{date table sorting|July 17, 1994}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://articles.latimes.com/1994-06-28/news/mn-9582_1_panetta-mclarty-president-clinton |title=Panetta Named Chief of Staff in Major White House Shake-Up : Presidency: Clinton's friend McLarty will step aside and become the counselor to the President. Gergen will move to State Dept. and Rivlin will be budget director in effort to add 'strength, vitality.' |last=NELSON |first=JACK |date=1994-06-28|work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2017-11-15 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}}</ref>
|{{date table sorting|June 30, 1998}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/25/us/president-s-friend-is-leaving-white-house-for-private-life.html |title=President's Friend Is Leaving White House for Private Life |last=Broder |first=John M. |date=1998-04-25 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=2017-11-15 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|{{date table sorting|June 30, 1998}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/25/us/president-s-friend-is-leaving-white-house-for-private-life.html |title=President's Friend Is Leaving White House for Private Life |last=Broder |first=John M. |date=1998-04-25 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2017-11-15 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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|{{sortname|Paul|Begala}}<br>(born 1961)
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{date table sorting|August 17, 1997}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/17/nyregion/news-summary-667552.html |title=News Summary |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 17, 1997 |accessdate=November 18, 2016}}</ref>
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|{{date table sorting|August 18, 2017}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/18/bannon-out-as-white-house-chief-strategist-241786 |title=Bannon out as White House chief strategist |work=[[Politico]] |accessdate=January 24, 2018}}</ref>
|{{date table sorting|August 18, 2017}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/18/bannon-out-as-white-house-chief-strategist-241786 |title=Bannon out as White House chief strategist |work=[[Politico]] |access-date=January 24, 2018}}</ref>
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|{{date table sorting|May 24, 2019}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-announces-appointments-executive-office-president/ |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Appointments for the Executive Office of the President |date=February 9, 2018 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |accessdate=June 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/long-serving-trump-aide-destefano-to-depart-white-house/2019/05/21/a3faa8f8-7b4a-11e9-a66c-d36e482aa873_story.html |title=Long-serving Trump aide DeStefano to depart White House |last1=Dawsey |first1=Josh |first2=Felicia |last2=Sonmez |date=May 21, 2019 |work=The Washington Post |accessdate=June 15, 2019}}</ref>
|{{date table sorting|May 24, 2019}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-announces-appointments-executive-office-president/ |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Appointments for the Executive Office of the President |date=February 9, 2018 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=June 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/long-serving-trump-aide-destefano-to-depart-white-house/2019/05/21/a3faa8f8-7b4a-11e9-a66c-d36e482aa873_story.html |title=Long-serving Trump aide DeStefano to depart White House |last1=Dawsey |first1=Josh |first2=Felicia |last2=Sonmez |date=May 21, 2019 |work=The Washington Post |access-date=June 15, 2019}}</ref>
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|{{sortname|Hope|Hicks}}<br>(born 1988)
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|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{date table sorting|March 9, 2020}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/27/trump-hope-hicks-coronavirus-crisis-210808 |title=Trump looks to Hope Hicks as coronavirus crisis spills over |date=April 27, 2020 |work=Politico |first1=Nancy |last1=Cook |first2=Meredith |last2=McGraw |accessdate=September 3, 2020}}</ref>
|{{date table sorting|March 9, 2020}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/27/trump-hope-hicks-coronavirus-crisis-210808 |title=Trump looks to Hope Hicks as coronavirus crisis spills over |date=April 27, 2020 |work=Politico |first1=Nancy |last1=Cook |first2=Meredith |last2=McGraw |access-date=September 3, 2020}}</ref>
|{{date table sorting|January 12, 2021}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/us/politics/hope-hicks-white-house-return.html |title=Hope Hicks to Return to the White House After a Nearly Two-Year Absence |date=February 13, 2020 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=April 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown|first1=Pamela |last2=Gangel |first2=Jamie |date=January 13, 2021 |title=Top White House adviser Hicks no longer works at the White House, a previously planned departure |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/politics/hope-hicks-white-house-trump-riot/index.html |accessdate=2021-01-14|publisher=CNN}}</ref>
|{{date table sorting|January 12, 2021}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/us/politics/hope-hicks-white-house-return.html |title=Hope Hicks to Return to the White House After a Nearly Two-Year Absence |date=February 13, 2020 |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown|first1=Pamela |last2=Gangel |first2=Jamie |date=January 13, 2021 |title=Top White House adviser Hicks no longer works at the White House, a previously planned departure |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/politics/hope-hicks-white-house-trump-riot/index.html |access-date=2021-01-14|publisher=CNN}}</ref>
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|{{date table sorting|January 20, 2021}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/July-1-2020-Report-FINAL.pdf |date=June 26, 2020 |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |title=Annual Report to Congress on White House Office Personnel |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |accessdate=September 3, 2020}}</ref>
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Counselor to the President
since January 20, 2021
Executive Office of the President
White House Office
AppointerJoe Biden
as President of the United States
FormationJanuary 20, 1969; 55 years ago (1969-01-20)
First holderArthur F. Burns
WebsiteThe White House

Counselor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the president of the United States and senior members of the White House Office.

The current officeholder is Steve Ricchetti. The position should not be confused with the office of White House Counsel, who is the chief legal advisor to the president and the White House, which is also an appointed position.

History

The position was created during the administration of Richard Nixon, where it was assigned Cabinet rank. It remained a Cabinet-level position until 1993.[1]

During Nixon's presidency, no fewer than eight individuals held the position, with there sometimes being two or three concurrent incumbents.

During the presidency of Gerald Ford, the post was shared by longtime communications advisor Robert T. Hartmann and national security aide John O. Marsh, with former United States Secretary of Commerce Rogers Morton briefly joining them as a domestic policy advisor in early 1976.

The position was vacant during the Jimmy Carter administration, as Carter initially left many senior White House positions unfilled (such as White House Chief of Staff) and preferred a smaller corps of advisers.[2]

Edwin Meese held the position during the first term of President Ronald Reagan, and was highly influential inside the White House. Meese, Chief of Staff James Baker and Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver were nicknamed "the Troika" and considered the most influential advisors to the president.[3] Meese became United States attorney general during Reagan's second term as president and the position was left vacant.

The position was left vacant in the first three years of President George H.W. Bush's term. In 1992, it was filled by Clayton Yeutter following his resignation as chairman of the Republican National Committee.

During the Bill Clinton administration, the post became much more focused on communications. Two of Clinton's counselors, David Gergen and Paul Begala, later became CNN political analysts.

During the administration of George W. Bush, the position oversaw the communications, media affairs, speechwriting, and press offices.[4]

Under the Obama administration, the position was initially abolished and the duties of the office transferred to three senior advisors: David Axelrod,[5][6] Pete Rouse,[6][7] and Valerie Jarrett,[8] who also held the title Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison.[6] On January 6, 2011, President Obama appointed Rouse as counselor to the president where he was responsible for assisting the president and chief of staff with the day-to-day management of White House staff operations.[9][10] John Podesta was the last person to hold the position before he left to join the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign of 2016 as chairman.[11]

Soon after the 2016 election, President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to name his campaign manager during the general election, Kellyanne Conway, to the position[12] and his campaign CEO Steve Bannon as a senior counselor and chief strategist.[13] With equivalent standing to the chief of staff and a portfolio that hewed closely to the pre-Clinton iteration of the position, Bannon was named to the Principals Committee of the National Security Council in a January 2017 executive order that also removed the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the committee.[14] Following vociferous public opposition to the decision, Trump removed Bannon from the council in April 2017.[15]

After Bannon's departure from the White House in August 2017, Johnny DeStefano was given the title[16] in February 2018, with responsibility for overseeing the offices of presidential personnel, political affairs, and public liaison.

In February 2020, it was announced that former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks would return to the White House Office in the role.[17]

List of counselors to the president

Counselor to the President Donald Rumsfeld confers with President Richard Nixon on the White House grounds.
President Ford and Counselor Robert Hartmann looking over paperwork concerning the selection of a new vice president, 1974
President Reagan holds an oval office staff meeting on his first full day in office. Front left, Counselor to the President Edwin Meese.
"The Troika". From left to right: White House Chief of Staff James Baker, Counselor to the President Ed Meese and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver at the White House, December 2, 1981.
Bill Clinton announces the appointment of David Gergen as Counselor to the President, 1993
Counselor to the President Karen Hughes and First Lady Laura Bush, June 28, 2002.
Counselor to the President Dan Bartlett delivering a briefing on President George W. Bush's State of the Union Message, February 3, 2005.
Counselor to the President Ed Gillespie (right) and Chief of Staff to the Vice President David Addington review a document, December 5, 2007.
Counselor to the President Pete Rouse, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and Vice President Joe Biden talk with President Barack Obama, April 2, 2013.
Counselor to the President John Podesta meets with President Obama in the Oval Office, January 29, 2015.
Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway talks to reporters and answers questions outside the West Wing entrance of the White House.
Senior Counselor to the President Steve Bannon appears with White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference.
Counselor to the President Steve Ricchetti (right) meets with White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain and President Joe Biden in the Oval Office, October 2021.
Portrait Counselor Party Start End President
Arthur Burns Arthur F. Burns
(1904–1987)
Republican January 20, 1969 November 5, 1969 Richard Nixon
(1969–1974)
Pat Moynihan Pat Moynihan
(1927–2003)
Democratic November 5, 1969[18] December 31, 1970[19]
Bryce Harlow Bryce Harlow
(1916–1987)
Republican November 5, 1969[18] December 9, 1970[20]
Robert Finch Robert Finch
(1925–1995)
Republican June 23, 1970[21] December 15, 1972[22]
Donald Rumsfeld Donald Rumsfeld
(1932–2021)
Republican December 11, 1970[23] October 15, 1971[23]
Anne Armstrong Anne Armstrong
(1927–2008)
Republican January 19, 1973 December 18, 1974
Dean Burch
(1927–1991)
Republican March 8, 1974[24] December 31, 1974[25]
Kenneth Rush Kenneth Rush
(1910–1994)
Republican May 29, 1974[26] September 19, 1974[27]
Robert T. Hartmann[28]
(1917–2008)
Republican August 9, 1974 January 20, 1977 Gerald Ford
(1974–1977)
John O. Marsh John Marsh
(1926–2019)
Democratic August 9, 1974[29] January 20, 1977[30]
Rogers Morton[31]
(1914–1979)
Republican February 2, 1976 April 1, 1976
Vacant April 1, 1976 January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
(1977–1981)
Edwin Meese Edwin Meese
(born 1931)
Republican January 20, 1981 February 25, 1985 Ronald Reagan
(1981–1989)
Vacant February 25, 1985 February 1, 1992
George H. W. Bush
(1989–1993)
Clayton Yeutter Clayton Yeutter
(1930–2017)
Republican February 1, 1992 January 20, 1993
Vacant January 20, 1993 May 29, 1993 Bill Clinton
(1993–2001)
David Gergen David Gergen
(born 1942)
Republican May 29, 1993 June 10, 1994
Vacant June 10, 1994 July 17, 1994
Mack McLarty Mack McLarty
(born 1946)
Democratic July 17, 1994[32] June 30, 1998[33]
Bill Curry Bill Curry
(born 1951)
Democratic February 21, 1995 January 20, 1997
Paul Begala Paul Begala
(born 1961)
Democratic August 17, 1997[34] March 10, 1999
Ann Lewis
(born 1937)
Democratic March 10, 1999 January 20, 2001
Karen Hughes Karen Hughes
(born 1956)
Republican January 20, 2001 July 8, 2002 George W. Bush
(2001–2009)
Vacant July 8, 2002 January 5, 2005
Dan Bartlett Dan Bartlett
(born 1971)
Republican January 5, 2005 July 5, 2007
Ed Gillespie Ed Gillespie
(born 1961)
Republican July 5, 2007 January 20, 2009
Vacant January 20, 2009 January 13, 2011 Barack Obama
(2009–2017)
Pete Rouse Pete Rouse
(born 1946)
Democratic January 13, 2011 January 1, 2014
JohnPodesta John Podesta
(born 1949)
Democratic January 1, 2014 February 13, 2015
Vacant February 13, 2015 January 20, 2017
Steve Bannon Steve Bannon
(born 1953)[35][36]
Republican January 20, 2017 August 18, 2017[37] Donald Trump
(2017–2021)
Kellyanne Conway Kellyanne Conway
(born 1967)[35][36]
Republican January 20, 2017 August 31, 2020[38]
Johnny DeStefano Johnny DeStefano
(born 1979)
Republican February 9, 2018 May 24, 2019[39][40]
Hope Hicks Hope Hicks
(born 1988)
Republican March 9, 2020[41] January 12, 2021[42][43]
Derek Lyons Derek Lyons Republican May 20, 2020[44] January 20, 2021[45]
Steve Ricchetti Steve Ricchetti Democratic January 20, 2021 present Joe Biden
(2021–present)
Jeffrey Zients Jeffrey Zients
(born 1966)
Democratic January 20, 2021 April 4, 2022

See also

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