Jake Sullivan | |
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28th United States National Security Advisor | |
In office January 20, 2021 – January 20, 2025 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Deputy | Jonathan Finer |
Preceded by | Robert C. O'Brien |
Succeeded by | Michael Waltz |
National Security Advisor to the Vice President | |
In office February 26, 2013 – August 1, 2014 | |
Vice President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Antony Blinken |
Succeeded by | Colin Kahl |
26th Director of Policy Planning | |
In office February 4, 2011 – February 15, 2013 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Anne-Marie Slaughter |
Succeeded by | David McKean |
Personal details | |
Born | Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan November 28, 1976 Burlington, Vermont, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | |
Education | Yale University (BA, JD) Magdalen College, Oxford (MPhil) |
Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan (born November 28, 1976) is an American attorney who served as the U.S. National Security Advisor from 2021 to 2025 under president Joe Biden.
Sullivan previously served as Director of Policy to President Barack Obama, National Security Advisor to then-Vice President Biden and Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary Hillary Clinton at the U.S. Department of State. Sullivan also served as senior advisor to the U.S. federal government at the Iran nuclear negotiations and senior policy advisor to Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, as well as visiting professor at Yale Law School.
On November 23, 2020, President-elect Biden announced that Sullivan would be appointed the National Security Advisor. He took office on January 20, 2021.