White House Press Secretary
The White House Press Secretary is a job at the White House. Press secretaries act as the primary spokesperson for the United States Government and the President, senior executives, and policies. Karine Jean-Pierre is the current White House Press Secretary.
| White House Press Secretary | |
|---|---|
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| White House Office of the Press Secretary | |
| Appointer | President of the United States |
| Formation | March 4, 1929 |
| First holder | George Akerson |
| Website | White House Press Office Press Briefings |
List of Press Secretaries
| Year(s) | Press Secretary | President |
|---|---|---|
| 1929–1931 | George Edward Akerson | Herbert Hoover |
| 1931–1933 | Theodore Goldsmith Joslin | |
| 1933–1945 | Stephen Early | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 1945 | Jonathan W. Daniels | Harry S. Truman |
| 1945–1950 | Charlie Ross | |
| 1950 | Stephen Early | |
| 1950–1952 | Joseph Short | |
| 1952–1953 | Roger Tubby | |
| 1953–1961 | James Hagerty | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 1961–1964 | Pierre Salinger | John F. Kennedy |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | ||
| 1964–1965 | George Reedy | |
| 1965–1966 | Bill Moyers | |
| 1966–1969 | George Christian | |
| 1969–1974 | Ron Ziegler | Richard Nixon |
| 1974 | Jerald terHorst | Gerald Ford |
| 1974–1977 | Ron Nessen | |
| 1977–1981 | Jody Powell | Jimmy Carter |
| 1981–1989 | James Brady1 | Ronald Reagan |
| 1981–1987 | Larry Speakes2 | |
| 1987–1989 | Marlin Fitzwater2 | |
| 1989–1993 | Marlin Fitzwater | George H.W. Bush |
| 1993–1994 | Dee Dee Myers3 | Bill Clinton |
| 1993 | George Stephanopoulos4 | |
| 1994–1998 | Mike McCurry | |
| 1998–2000 | Joe Lockhart | |
| 2000–2001 | Jake Siewert | |
| 2001–2003 | Ari Fleischer | George W. Bush |
| 2003–2006 | Scott McClellan | |
| 2006–2007 | Tony Snow | |
| 2007–2009 | Dana Perino | |
| 2009–2011 | Robert Gibbs | Barack Obama |
| 2011–2014 | Jay Carney | |
| 2014–2017 | Josh Earnest | |
| 2017 | Sean Spicer | Donald Trump |
| 2017–2019 | Sarah Sanders | |
| 2019–2020 | Stephanie Grisham | |
| 2020–2021 | Kayleigh McEnany | |
| 2021–2022 | Jen Psaki | Joe Biden |
| 2022–present | Karine Jean-Pierre | |
1 Did not brief the press after being wounded in the Reagan assassination attempt.
2 De facto Press Secretary (as White House Deputy Press Secretary).
3 Did not brief the press while Stephanopoulos was Communications Director. First female Press Secretary.
4 De facto Press Secretary (as White House Communications Director).
Other websites
- Briefing Room at the official White House website
- George W. Bush Administration Press Briefings at the National Archives and Records Administration's archive of the official White House website
- Clinton administration archives Archived 2009-07-08 at the Wayback Machine at the William J. Clinton Presidential Center
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