Kenneth L. Wainstein

Kenneth L. Wainstein
4th United States Homeland Security Advisor
In office March 30, 2008 – January 20, 2009
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Frances Townsend
Succeeded by	John O. Brennan
1st Assistant Attorney General for National Security
In office September 28, 2006 – March 30, 2008
President	George W. Bush
Personal details
Born	Kenneth Leonard Wainstein 1962 United States
Alma mater	University of Virginia University of California at Berkeley

Kenneth Leonard Wainstein (born 1962) is an American lawyer.^[1] He served as the first Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and later as the Homeland Security Advisor to United States President George W. Bush.

Education

Wainstein is a graduate of the University of Virginia and earned his law degree from the University of California at Berkeley.^[1]

Career

Wainstein worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as General Counsel and as Chief of Staff to the FBI Director.^[1] He was United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.^[1]

On September 26, 2006, he was sworn in as the Department of Justice's Assistant Attorney General responsible for National Security.^[2]

Wainstein was appointed Homeland Security Advisor by President George W. Bush on March 30, 2008. He was also Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and chaired the Homeland Security Council. He was appointed as the "National Continuity Coordinator" under the auspices of National Security Presidential Directive 51^[3]

References

United States Deputy National Security Advisors for Homeland Security Homeland Security Advisor 2001–present Ridge Gordon Townsend Wainstein Brennan Monaco Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security 2009–present Brennan Monaco