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Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan (born November 28, 1976) is an American politician who was the 28th United States National Security Advisor from 2021 until 2025 during the Joe Biden administration.
Jake Sullivan | |
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Sullivan in 2021 | |
| 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 of the United States | |
| In office February 26, 2013 – August 1, 2014 | |
| Vice President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Antony Blinken |
| Succeeded by | Colin Kahl |
| 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(s) | |
| Education | Yale University (BA, JD) Magdalen College, Oxford (MPhil) |
Sullivan was born in Burlington, Vermont[1] and grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[2] Sullivan studied at Yale University and at Magdalen College, Oxford.
He was the senior policy advisor to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential election campaign and Deputy Chief of Staff at the Department of State.[3] Sullivan was the Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College and a senior fellow and Master in Public Policy faculty member at the Carsey School of Public Policy.
On November 23, 2020, President-elect Joe Biden announced that he wanted Sullivan to be his National Security Advisor.[4]
In 2015, Sullivan married lawyer Maggie Goodlander, who is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire [5] In 2023, Goodlander gave birth to a stillborn at a hotel room.[6]
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