Deputy National Security Advisor

The Assistant to the President and 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

Picture	Name	Term	President
	Walt Whitman Rostow	1961	John F Kennedy
	Carl Kaysen	1961–1963	John F Kennedy
	Robert Komer	1965	Lyndon B. Johnson
	Francis M. Bator	Oct. 1965–Sept. 1967	Lyndon B. Johnson
	Richard V. Allen	1969	Richard Nixon
	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
	James W. Nance	1981–1982	Ronald Reagan
	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
	James Steinberg	1997–2001	Bill Clinton
	Stephen Hadley	2001–2005	George W. Bush
	Jack Dyer Crouch, II	2005–2007	George W. Bush
	James Jeffrey	2007–2008	George W. Bush
	Thomas E. Donilon	2009–2010	Barack Obama
	Denis McDonough	2010–present	Barack Obama