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Senior Advisor to the President of the United States

Senior Advisor to the President of the United States

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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.

"Senior Advisor to the President" redirects here. For the Sri Lankan office, see Senior Adviser to the President of Sri Lanka.

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Responsibilities

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

Current departments (headed by a senior advisor)

Past departments (previously headed by a senior advisor in the current and past administrations)

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 advisors to President Bill Clinton

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Senior advisors to President George W. Bush

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Senior advisors to President Barack Obama

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Senior advisors to President Donald Trump

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Senior Advisors to President Joe Biden

Current

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Former

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See also

Notes

  1. Concurrently serves as the Director of the Office of Public Engagement
  2. Concurrently serves as the Director of the Intergovernmental Affairs Office
  3. Concurrently served as the Director of the Office of Public Engagement
  4. Concurrently served as the Director of the Office of Public Engagement
  5. Concurrently served as the Director of the Intergovernmental Affairs Office
  6. Concurrently served as White House Staff Secretary

Explanatory footnotes

  1. [n 1]
    Stephanie Cutter held the official title of "Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior Advisor" during her time in office.
  2. [n 2]
    President Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump was sometimes called a 'Senior Advisor to the President' (or sometimes a 'senior advisor to the President', without the upper case 'S' and 'A') by unofficial sources,[39][40] even though that was actually the title of her husband Jared Kushner, while her own title was 'Advisor to the President'.[41]

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