White House Deputy Chief of Staff

The White House Deputy Chief of Staff is officially the top aide to the White House Chief of Staff, who is the senior aide to the President of the United States. The Deputy Chief of Staff usually has an office in the West Wing and is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the White House bureaucracy, as well as such other duties as the Chief of Staff assigns to him or her. In some administrations, there are multiple deputy chiefs with different duties.

In the Trump administration, there are two current Deputy Chiefs of Staff:

Joe Hagin, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
Chris Liddell, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Coordination

Six Deputy Chiefs of Staff were subsequently promoted to become Chief of Staff: Dick Cheney, Ken Duberstein, Andrew Card, Erskine Bowles, John Podesta, and Joshua Bolten.

List of White House Deputy Chiefs of Staff[edit]

Ford administration
- Dick Cheney, Deputy Chief of Staff^[1]
Carter administration
- Landon Butler, Deputy Chief of Staff^[2]
Reagan administration
- Michael Deaver, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1981–1985
- Ken Duberstein, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1987–1988
- M. B. Oglesby Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff, 1988–1989
G.H.W. Bush administration
- Andrew Card, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1989–1992
- Henson Moore, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1992
- Robert Zoellick, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1992–1993
Clinton administration
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
  - Mark Gearan, 1993
  - Roy Neel, 1994
  - Harold M. Ickes, 1993–1996
  - Sylvia Mathews Burwell, 1997–1998
  - Maria Echaveste, 1998–2001
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
  - Philip Lader, 1993–1994
  - Erskine Bowles, 1994–1996
  - Evelyn S. Lieberman, 1996
  - John Podesta, 1997–1998
  - Steve Ricchetti, 1998–2001
G.W. Bush administration
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
  - Joe Hagin, 2001–2008
  - Blake Gottesman, 2008–2009
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
  - Joshua Bolten, 2001–2003
  - Harriet Miers, 2003–2005
  - Karl Rove, 2005–2007
  - Joel Kaplan, 2006–2009
Obama administration
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
  - Jim Messina, 2009–2011
  - Alyssa Mastromonaco, 2011–2014
  - Anita Decker Breckenridge, 2014–2017
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
  - Mona Sutphen, 2009–2011
  - Nancy-Ann DeParle, 2011–2013
  - Rob Nabors, 2013–2015
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning
  - Mark B. Childress, 2012–2014
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Implementation
  - Kristie Canegallo, 2014–2017
Trump administration
- Deputy Chief of Staff
  - Katie Walsh, 2017^[3]
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
  - Joe Hagin, 2017–present
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
  - Rick Dearborn, 2017–2018^[4]
  - Chris Liddell, 2018–present^[4]
- Principal Deputy Chief of Staff
  - Kirstjen Nielsen, 2017^[5]^[6]

In popular culture[edit]

In the NBC television drama The West Wing, the position of White House Deputy Chief of Staff (For Strategic Planning) was held by Josh Lyman in the fictional Bartlet administration and Sam Seaborn in the fictional Santos administration.
Chad Lowe portrayed White House Deputy Chief of Staff Reed Pollock, serving under White House Chief of Staff Tom Lennox and President Wayne Palmer on the television drama 24.
Adan Canto portrayed White House Deputy Chief of Staff before being promoted White House Chief of Staff in the ABC political drama serie Designated Survivor

Notes[edit]

^ "Richard Cheney as an Assistant to President Ford". Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum. August 26, 2002.
^ Walcott, Charles E.; Wayne, Stephen J.; Warshaw, Shirley Anne (December 2000). "Report No. 21: The Chief of Staff" (PDF). The White House Interview Program. The White House Transition Project.
^ Miller, Zeke J. (March 30, 2017). "White House Deputy Chief of Staff Leaves for Pro-Trump Group". time.com.
^ ^a ^b Restuccia, Andrew; Johnson, Eliana (March 19, 2018). "Kelly taps Kushner ally Chris Liddell as deputy chief for policy". Politico.
^ Restuccia, Andrew (July 29, 2017). "Kelly to bring DHS staffer to the White House". Politico.
^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces White House Appointments". White House. September 6, 2017.

[1] "Richard Cheney as an Assistant to President Ford". Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum. August 26, 2002.

[2] Walcott, Charles E.; Wayne, Stephen J.; Warshaw, Shirley Anne (December 2000). "Report No. 21: The Chief of Staff" (PDF). The White House Interview Program. The White House Transition Project.

[3] Miller, Zeke J. (March 30, 2017). "White House Deputy Chief of Staff Leaves for Pro-Trump Group". time.com.

[Liddell-appointed-4] Restuccia, Andrew; Johnson, Eliana (March 19, 2018). "Kelly taps Kushner ally Chris Liddell as deputy chief for policy". Politico.

[5] Restuccia, Andrew (July 29, 2017). "Kelly to bring DHS staffer to the White House". Politico.

[6] "President Donald J. Trump Announces White House Appointments". White House. September 6, 2017.

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