Stephen Hadley

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.

Stephen John Hadley
21st United States National Security Advisor
Incumbent
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	(1947-02-13) February 13, 1947 Toledo, Ohio
Spouse(s)	Ann Hadley
Children	2 daughters
Profession	foreign and defense policy advisor

Hadley (right) discussing the 2006 Israel-Lebanon crisis with Bush and Rice.

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.

Stephen Hadley Media

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  Hadley (far left) along with Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, and President Bush at a Pentagon meeting in March 2003

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  Hadley conferring with President Bush in 2007

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  Hadley at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2016

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  Homeland Security Adviser Lisa Monaco, CENTCOM Commander Army General Lloyd Austin, and former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley chat at King Khaled International Airport, as they await President Obama's arrival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on January 27, 2015, to extend condolences to the late King Abdullah and call upon and meet with the new King Salman.

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  Ribbon bar: Order of the Rising Sun (Japan), 1st Class Grand Cordon