Assistants to the President for National Security Affairs (1953-2009)

Robert Cutler
March 23, 1953 - April 2, 1955

Dillon Anderson
April 2, 1955 - Sept. 1, 1956

Robert Cutler
Jan. 7, 1957 - June 24, 1958

Gordon Gray
June 24, 1958 - Jan. 13, 1961

McGeorge Bundy
Jan. 20, 1961 - Feb. 28, 1966

Walt W. Rostow
April 1, 1966 - Jan. 20, 1969

Henry A. Kissinger
Jan. 20, 1969 - Nov. 3, 1975
(served concurrently as Secretary of State from Sept. 21, 1973)

Brent Scowcroft
Nov. 3, 1975 - Jan. 20, 1977

Zbigniew Brzezinski
Jan. 20, 1977 - Jan. 20, 1981

Richard V. Allen
Jan. 20, 1981 - Jan. 4, 1982

William P. Clark
Jan. 4, 1982 - Oct. 17, 1983

Robert C. McFarlane
Oct. 17, 1983 - Dec. 4, 1985

John M. Poindexter
Dec. 4, 1985 - Nov. 25, 1986

Frank C. Carlucci
Jan. 2, 1987 - Nov. 23, 1987

Colin L. Powell
Nov. 23, 1987 - Jan. 20, 1989

Brent Scowcroft
Jan. 20, 1989 - Jan. 20, 1993

W. Anthony Lake
Jan. 20, 1993 - March 14, 1997

Samuel R. Berger
March 14, 1997 – January 20, 2001

Condoleezza Rice
January 20, 2001 – January 26, 2005

Steven Hadley
January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009

James Jones
January 20, 2009 -

The National Security Adviser was established March 23, 1953, by President Eisenhower, in response to a report on NSC organization by Robert Cutler.



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