National Security Advisor to the Vice President

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Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President
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Incumbent
Vacant
since N/A
Office of the Vice President
of the United States

(Executive Office of the President)
Member of National Security Council
Homeland Security Council
Reports to Vice President of the United States
Appointer President of the United States
Constituting instrumentNational Security Presidential Memorandum [1]
Deputy Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President
Website WhiteHouse.gov/NSC

Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President role is to advise the Vice President on all matters of national security and provide input to the National Security Council and serves as the primary foreign policy and national security lead in the Office of the Vice President of the United States.

Most recently, the National Security Advisor to former Vice President Kamala Harris was Philip H. Gordon. [2]

List

NSAVice PresidentTerm StartTerm End
Leon Fuerth Al Gore January 20, 1993January 20, 2001
Scooter Libby Dick Cheney January 20, 2001October 28, 2005
John P. Hannah October 28, 2005January 20, 2009
Antony Blinken Joe Biden January 20, 2009January 20, 2013
Jake Sullivan February 26, 2013August 1, 2014
Colin Kahl August 1, 2014January 26, 2017
Andrea L. Thompson Mike Pence January 26, 2017September 11, 2017
Keith Kellogg April 27, 2018January 20, 2021
Nancy McEldowney Kamala Harris January 20, 2021March 21, 2022
Philip H. Gordon March 21, 2022Present

[3] [4]

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References

  1. "National Security Presidential Memorandum–4 of April 4, 2017" (PDF).
  2. Bose, Nandita (March 21, 2022). "EXCLUSIVE VP Harris's National Security Adviser McEldowney to depart". Reuters. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  3. "Pence Names Keith Kellogg as Top National Security Adviser". Bloomberg. April 23, 2018.
  4. "Vice President Biden Announces Jake Sullivan as New National Security Advisor". Obama White House. February 26, 2013.