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The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, known as the National Security Advisor, is a senior official who serves as the chief adviser to the President of the United States on national security issues. The National Scurity Advisor participates in the meetings of the National Security Council and heads up the White House NSC staff.^[1]

Robert Cutler—1953–1955
Dillon Anderson—1955–1956
William Harding Jackson—1956
Robert Cutler—1957–1958
Gordon Gray—1958–1961
McGeorge Bundy—1961–1966
Walt Whitman Rostow—1966–1969
Henry Kissinger—1969–1975
Brent Scowcroft—1975–1977
Zbigniew Brzeziński—1977–1981
Richard V. Allen—1981–1982
William P. Clark—1982–1983
Robert McFarlane—1983–1985
John Poindexter—1985–1986
Frank Carlucci—1986–1987
Colin Powell—1987–1989
Brent Scowcroft—1989–1993
Anthony Lake—1993–1997
Sandy Berger—1997–2001
Condoleezza Rice—2001–2005
Stephen Hadley—2005–2009
James L. Jones—2009–2010
Thomas E. Donilon—2010–2013
Susan E. Rice—2013–2017
Michael T. Flynn—2017
H. R. McMaster—2017–2018
John Bolton—since 2018

National Security Advisor

Former National Security Advisors[edit]

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