Stephen John Hadley | |
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21st United States National Security Advisor | |
Assumed office 2005 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Deputy | Jack Dyer Crouch, II (2005-2007) James Franklin Jeffrey (2007-) |
Preceded by | Condoleezza Rice |
19th Deputy National Security Advisor | |
In office 2001–2005 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | James Steinberg |
Succeeded by | Jack Dyer Crouch, II |
Personal details | |
Born | Toledo, Ohio | February 13, 1947
Spouse(s) | Ann Hadley |
Children | 2 daughters |
Profession | foreign and defense policy advisor |
Stephen John Hadley (born February 13, 1947, in Toledo, Ohio) is the current (21st) U.S. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (commonly referred as National Security Advisor) for President George W. Bush. He had been Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor from January 22, 2001. On January 26, 2005, he replaced Condoleezza Rice as National Security Advisor, upon Rice's confirmation as Secretary of State.
Hadley served as a senior foreign and defense policy advisor to then-Governor Bush during the 2000 presidential campaign and worked in the Bush-Cheney Transition on the National Security Council.