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 them. In all recent administrations, there have been multiple deputy chiefs with different duties.
In the second Trump administration, there are five deputy chiefs of staff:
At least 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

Ford">Presidency of Gerald Ford">Ford, Carter">Presidency of Jimmy Carter">Carter, Reagan">Presidency of Ronald Reagan">Reagan & H.W. Bush">Presidency of George H. W. Bush">H.W. Bush administrations

Clinton administration">Presidency of Bill Clinton">Clinton administration

Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations

[Presidency of [George W. Bush|George W. Bush administration]]

Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations

Obama administration">Presidency of Barack Obama">Obama administration

Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations

First Trump administration">First presidency of Donald Trump">First Trump administration (2017–2021)

Principal Deputy Chief of Staff

Biden administration">Presidency of Joe Biden">Biden administration (2021–2025)

Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations

Second Trump administration">Second presidency of Donald Trump">Second Trump administration (2025–present)

Deputy Chief of Staff

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