White House Chief of Staff

White House Chief of Staff
File:The White House logo under Trump 2.0.jpg
File:Susie Wiles 2020.png Incumbent Susie Wiles since January 20, 2025
Executive Office of the President White House Office
Reports to	President of the United States
Appointer	President of the United States
Formation	1946 (Assistant to the President) 1961 (White House Chief of Staff)
First holder	John R. Steelman
Website	www.whitehouse.gov

The White House Chief of Staff is the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and a senior aide to the President. The CoS does things previously done by the President's private secretary. Susie Wiles became White House Chief of Staff on January 20, 2025.

List of White House chiefs of staff

Image	Name	Start	End	Duration	President
File:Steelman-Conciliation-Service (cropped).jpg	John Steelman	December 12, 1946	January 20, 1953	6 years, 39 days		Harry S. Truman (1945–1953)
File:GLSAAdams (cropped).jpg	Sherman Adams	January 20, 1953	October 7, 1958	5 years, 260 days		Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961)
File:Wilton Persons taking the oath of office (cropped).png	Wilton Persons	October 7, 1958	January 20, 1961	2 years, 105 days
File:Kenny O'Donnell (cropped).jpg	Kenneth O'Donnell De facto	January 20, 1961	November 22, 1963	2 years, 306 days		John F. Kennedy (1961–1963)
File:Walter Jenkins 1963 (cropped).jpg	Walter Jenkins De facto	November 22, 1963	October 14, 1964	327 days		Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969)
File:Bill Moyers clock 21 July 1965 (cropped).jpg	Bill Moyers De facto	October 14, 1964	July 8, 1965	267 days
File:Jack Valenti Portrait (cropped).jpeg	Jack Valenti De facto	July 8, 1965	June 1, 1966	328 days
File:Portrait officiel de W. Marvin Watson (cropped).jpg	Marvin Watson De facto	June 1, 1966	April 26, 1968	1 year, 330 days
File:James Robert Jones (cropped).jpg	James Jones De facto	April 26, 1968	January 20, 1969	269 days
File:H R Haldeman, 1971 portrait (cropped) 2.png	Bob Haldeman	January 20, 1969	April 30, 1973	4 years, 100 days		Richard Nixon (1969–1974)
	Vacant	April 30, 1973	May 4, 1973	4 days
File:Alexander Haig photo portrait as White House Chief of Staff black and white (slightly cropped).jpg	Al Haig	May 4, 1973	September 21, 1974	1 year, 140 days
						Gerald Ford (1974–1977)
File:Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General George S. Brown at a press conference in the Pentagon (cropped).jpg	Donald Rumsfeld	September 21, 1974	November 20, 1975	1 year, 60 days
File:Richard Cheney with another member of the Ford administration staff at the White House (cropped).jpg	Dick Cheney	November 20, 1975	January 20, 1977	1 year, 61 days
	Vacant	January 20, 1977	July 18, 1979	2 years, 179 days		Jimmy Carter (1977–1981)
File:Hamilton Jordan - NARA - 173802 (cropped).jpg	Ham Jordan	July 18, 1979	June 11, 1980	329 days
File:Watson 1977 (cropped).jpg	Jack Watson	June 11, 1980	January 20, 1981	223 days
File:James Baker, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff ME671-1 (cropped).jpg	James Baker	January 20, 1981	February 4, 1985	4 years, 15 days		Ronald Reagan (1981–1989)
File:Donald Thomas Regan, Secretary of the Treasury ME352-10 (cropped) 3.jpg	Don Regan	February 4, 1985	February 27, 1987	2 years, 23 days
File:Howard Baker 1989 (cropped).jpg	Howard Baker	February 27, 1987	July 1, 1988	1 year, 125 days
File:Kenneth Duberstein (cropped).jpg	Ken Duberstein	July 1, 1988	January 20, 1989	203 days
File:GovJohnSununu1 (cropped).jpg	John Sununu	January 20, 1989	December 16, 1991	2 years, 330 days		George H. W. Bush (1989–1993)
File:Samuel K. Skinner (2009-09-10) (cropped).jpg	Samuel Skinner	December 16, 1991	August 23, 1992	251 days
File:James A. Baker III, U.S. Secretary of State (2380044355) (cropped).jpg	James Baker	August 23, 1992	January 20, 1993	150 days
File:Menem con Thomas McLarty (cropped).jpg	Mack McLarty	January 20, 1993	July 17, 1994	1 year, 178 days		Bill Clinton (1993–2001)
File:Leon Panetta, informal photo (cropped).jpg	Leon Panetta	July 17, 1994	January 20, 1997	2 years, 187 days
File:President Obama meets with Fiscal Commission co-chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson (cropped).jpg	Erskine Bowles	January 20, 1997	October 20, 1998	1 year, 273 days
File:John Podesta official portrait.jpg	John Podesta	October 20, 1998	January 20, 2001	2 years, 92 days
File:Andrew Card Visits HUD - DPLA - 7bc5bd60c24e35fa59744b7f7736cb26 (cropped) (cropped).jpg	Andy Card	January 20, 2001	April 14, 2006	5 years, 84 days		George W. Bush (2001–2009)
File:Assignment- 48-DPA-N OPM Pres Awards) President's Quality Awards 2005 ceremony, (honoring progress made by federal agencies in improving management systems and work processes, at Wa - DPLA - 1a5f294a5afe6060b5f7ec481aa3d2e5 (cropped).JPG	Josh Bolten	April 14, 2006	January 20, 2009	2 years, 281 days
File:Rahm Emanuel, official photo portrait color (cropped) 2.jpg	Rahm Emanuel	January 20, 2009	October 1, 2010	1 year, 254 days		Barack Obama (2009–2017)
File:Pete Rouse in the Oval Office (cropped).jpg	Pete Rouse Acting	October 1, 2010	January 13, 2011	104 days
File:William M. Daley official portrait (cropped) 2.jpg	Bill Daley	January 13, 2011	January 27, 2012	1 year, 14 days
File:Jacob Lew official portrait (cropped) 2.jpg	Jack Lew	January 27, 2012	January 20, 2013	359 days
File:Secretary McDonough, official photo (cropped) 2.jpg	Denis McDonough	January 20, 2013	January 20, 2017	4 years, 0 days
File:Reince Priebus (32319663313) (cropped).jpg	Reince Priebus	January 20, 2017	July 31, 2017	192 days		Donald Trump (2017–2021)
File:John Kelly official Transition portrait (cropped).jpg	John Kelly	July 31, 2017	January 2, 2019	1 year, 155 days
File:Mick Mulvaney official photo (cropped) 3.jpg	Mick Mulvaney Acting	January 2, 2019	March 31, 2020	1 year, 89 days
File:Mark Meadows, Official Portrait, 113th Congress (cropped) 3.jpg	Mark Meadows	March 31, 2020	January 20, 2021	295 days
File:Ron Klain, White House Chief of Staff (slightly cropped).jpg	Ron Klain	January 20, 2021	February 7, 2023	2 years, 18 days		Joe Biden (2021–2025)
File:Jeff Zients, WHCOS (cropped).jpg	Jeff Zients	February 8, 2023	January 20, 2025	1 year, 347 days
File:Susie Wiles 2020.png	Susie Wiles	January 20, 2025	Incumbent	154 days		Donald Trump (2025–present)