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Senior Advisor
Executive Office of the President
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Senior Advisor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the president of the United States. White House senior advisors are senior members of the White House Office. The title has been formally used since 1993.

Responsibilities

Over time, the senior advisor role has had responsibility for the following groups:

Prior administrations

In prior administrations before 1993, the position of "senior advisor" was a title used for various other purposes. Numerous examples of the position also exist throughout the Executive Departments and in the branch's independent agencies. For example, the Food and Drug Administration includes a position with the title Senior Advisor for Science; the Department of the Interior has a position with the title Senior Advisor for Alaskan Affairs.

List of senior advisors to the president

Senior Advisor Portfolio Term of office Party President
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Rahm Emanuel Rahm Emanuel
(born 1959) 		Political Affairs
Strategic Planning
Policy 		January 20, 1993 – November 7, 1998[1] Democratic Bill Clinton
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | George Stephanopoulos George Stephanopoulos
(born 1961) 		Strategic Planning
Policy 		June 7, 1993 – December 10, 1996[2] Democratic
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Sidney Blumenthal Sidney Blumenthal
(born 1948) 		Political Affairs
Communications
Policy 		August 19, 1997 – January 20, 2001[3] Democratic
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Doug Sosnik
(born 1959) 		Political Affairs
Strategic Planning
Policy 		November 7, 1998 – January 20, 2001[4] Democratic
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Joel Johnson
(born 1961) 		Communications
Policy 		May 20, 1999 – January 20, 2001[5] Democratic
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Karl Rove Karl Rove
(born 1950) 		Political Affairs
Strategic Planning
Communications 		January 20, 2001 – August 31, 2007[6] Republican George W. Bush
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Barry Steven Jackson Barry Steven Jackson
(born 1960) 		Political Affairs
Strategic Planning
Communications 		September 1, 2007 – January 20, 2009[7] Republican
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Valerie Jarrett Valerie Jarrett
(born 1956) 		Public Engagement
Intergovernmental Affairs 		January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017[8] Democratic Barack Obama
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Pete Rouse Pete Rouse
(born 1946) 		Strategic Planning January 20, 2009 – October 1, 2010[9] Democratic
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | David Axelrod David Axelrod
(born 1955) 		Political Affairs
Communications 		January 20, 2009 – January 10, 2011[10] Democratic
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | David Plouffe David Plouffe
(born 1967) 		Political Affairs
Communications 		January 10, 2011 – January 25, 2013[11] Democratic
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Daniel Pfeiffer Daniel Pfeiffer
(born 1975) 		Political Affairs
Communications 		January 25, 2013 – March 6, 2015[12] Democratic
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Brian Deese Brian Deese
(born 1978) 		Climate and Energy[13] February 13, 2015 – January 20, 2017[14] Democratic
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Shailagh Murray Shailagh Murray
(born 1965) 		Communications April 3, 2015 – January 20, 2017[15] Democratic
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Jared Kushner Jared Kushner[n 1]
(born 1981) 		Strategic Planning[19][20] January 20, 2017 – present[21][22] Republican[23] Donald Trump
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Stephen Miller Stephen Miller
(born 1985) 		Policy January 20, 2017 – present[24] Republican
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Ivanka Trump Ivanka Trump[n 1]
(born 1981) 		Women's Issues
Policy 		March 28, 2017 – present[25][26][27] Republican[23]
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Kevin Hassett Kevin Hassett
(born 1962) 		Economic issues April 15, 2020 – present[28] Republican

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b President Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump is sometimes called a 'Senior Advisor to the President' (or sometimes a 'senior advisor to the President', without the upper case 'S' and 'A'),[16][17] even though that is actually the title of her husband Jared Kushner, while her own title is 'Advisor to the President'.[18]

References

  1. ^ "City of Chicago :: About the Mayor".
  2. ^ ABC News (September 18, 2014). "George's Biography". Archived from the original on October 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Matthews, Dylan (June 16, 2015). "Why Donald Trump brought up Sidney Blumenthal at the second debate". Vox. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019.
  4. ^ Authorities, Leading. "Doug Sosnik".
  5. ^ "Joel Johnson - Glover Park Group".
  6. ^ Rove, Karl. "Bio".
  7. ^ "Barry S. Jackson - American Australian Council".
  8. ^ "Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett". December 24, 2014.
  9. ^ Shear, Michael D.; Zeleny, Jeff (October 1, 2010). "Emanuel's Departure Set; Replacement Is Longtime Aide". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 17, 2019.
  10. ^ Axelrod, David (February 10, 2015). "David Axelrod Recounts His Years As Obama's Adviser And 'Believer'". NPR. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017.
  11. ^ "David Plouffe". August 17, 2011.
  12. ^ Tau, Byron (December 10, 2015). "Former White House Adviser Dan Pfeiffer Joins GoFundMe". The Wall Street Journal blogs.
  13. ^ Eilperin, Juliet (January 21, 2015). "Obama taps senior OMB aide Deese to succeed Podesta in environmental post". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  14. ^ "Brian Deese". November 16, 2011.
  15. ^ "Senior Advisor Shailagh Murray". January 29, 2016.
  16. ^ Laura Beck (September 14, 2017). "Ivanka Trump, Senior Advisor to the President, Says It's "Unrealistic" to Expect Her to Influence Him". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved May 4, 2019. Ivanka Trump, senior advisor to the president, said that it's "unrealistic" to expect her to influence his decisions. That's not her job, OK?! (Even though it sort of is, actually?)
  17. ^ Catherine Lucey (February 26, 2018). "Ivanka Trump's dual roles as senior adviser, first daughter". AP news. Retrieved May 4, 2019. Ivanka Trump expects to be treated seriously as a senior White House adviser. ... "You're either a senior adviser or a daughter. ..." ... "Especially since she was last in the news as a senior adviser going to the Olympics." ... "she did choose to play this senior advisory role.")
  18. ^ "Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders". The White House. December 18, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2019. MS. SANDERS: ... the World Economic Forum ... delegation ... will also include ..., Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner, ...
  19. ^ Trump, Donald J. (March 27, 2017). "Presidential Memorandum on The White House Office of American Innovation" (Press release). The White House. The Senior Advisor to the President.
  20. ^ "Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, #29". The White House. March 27, 2017 – via whitehouse.gov. The effort will be led by Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner.
  21. ^ Wagner, John; Parker, Ashley (January 9, 2017). "Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to join White House as senior adviser; no formal role for Ivanka Trump". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017.
  22. ^ Berg, Rebecca (May 31, 2016). "Jared Kushner, Trump's Unlikely Wing Man". RealClearPolitics. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  23. ^ a b Ockerman, Emma (April 12, 2019). "Jared Kushner wasn't a Republican until 2018". Vice News. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019.
  24. ^ Nussbaum, Matthew (December 13, 2016). "Trump taps campaign aide Stephen Miller as senior adviser". Politico. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019.
  25. ^ "Executive Office Of The President Annual Report To Congress On White House Office Personnel White House Office As Of: Friday, June 30, 2017" (PDF). The White House. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017 – via whitehouse.gov.
  26. ^ Merica, Dan; Borger, Gloria; Acosta, Jim; Klein, Betsy (March 30, 2017). "Ivanka Trump is making her White House job official". CNN. Archived from the original on March 8, 2019.
  27. ^ Lucey, Catherine (February 26, 2018). "Ivanka Trump's dual roles as senior adviser, first daughter". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 14, 2018.
  28. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Addition to White House Staff". The White House – via whitehouse.gov.
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