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

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, 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

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, there have been some cases of other deputy-level positions created with an additional specifier title and alternate role. These include: *

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 * David McCormick (2006–2007) for International Economic Affairs * John O. Brennan (2009–2013) for

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* Ben Rhodes (2009–2017) for Strategic Communications *

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

* Wally Adeyemo (2015–2016) for International Economicshttps://www.csis.org/people/wally-adeyemo *

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 *

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 * Victoria Coates (2019–2020) for Middle East and North African Affairs * Anne Neuberger (2021–present) for Cyber and Emerging Technology *

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