Andy Baker (national security advisor)
{{Short description|American government official (born 1980)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Andy Baker
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| office = United States Deputy National Security Advisor
| alongside = Robert Gabriel Jr.
| president = Donald Trump
| term_start = May 23, 2025
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| predecessor = Alex Nelson Wong
| successor =
| office1 = National Security Advisor to the Vice President
| vicepresident1 = JD Vance
| term_start1 = January 20, 2025
| term_end1 = May 23, 2025
| predecessor1 = Philip H. Gordon
| successor1 =
| birth_name = Andrew Collison Baker
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|05|22}}
| birth_place = Sonoma, California, U.S.
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| education = {{Ubl|University of California, Berkeley|University of Oxford}}
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Andrew Collison Baker (born May 22, 1980) is an American former foreign service officer and author who has served as the United States deputy national security advisor alongside Robert Gabriel Jr. since May 2025. Baker served as the national security advisor to vice president JD Vance from January to May 2025.
Early life and education
Andrew Collison Baker was born on May 22, 1980, in Sonoma, California.{{Sfn|Andrew Collison Baker in the California Birth Index, 1905-1995}} Baker graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Oxford.{{Sfn|Ioffe|2025}}
Career
=Department of State (2010–2025)=
Baker worked in the United States Foreign Service from 2010 to 2025.{{Sfn|Ioffe|2025}}
=National security advisor to the vice president (2025–present)=
Baker served as a senior foreign policy advisor for then-senator JD Vance,{{Sfn|Ward|2025}} where he dissuaded Vance from supporting military assistance to Ukraine.{{Sfn|Okun|2024}} Following the 2024 presidential election, Baker assisted Robert Wilkie in transition efforts at the Department of Defense;{{Sfn|Okun|2024}} Politico Magazine described his role as "central".{{Sfn|Ward|2025}} Baker served as the national security advisor to Vance until May 2025.{{Sfn|McGraw|Ward|2025}}
Deputy National Security Advisor (2025–present)
In May 2025, Axios reported that Baker was named deputy national security advisor alongside Robert Gabriel Jr. as part of a restructuring effort by Marco Rubio, the acting national security advisor.{{Sfn|Caputo|Isenstadt|2025}}
Books
In 2011, Baker published Constructing a Post-war Order: The Rise of US Hegemony and the Origins of the Cold War.{{Sfn|Siracusa|2012}}
References
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Works cited
=Articles=
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- {{Cite web |last1=Caputo |first1=Marc |last2=Isenstadt |first2=Alex |url=https://www.axios.com/2025/05/23/white-house-national-security-council-trump-rubio |title=Trump, Rubio take aim at National Security Council's "Deep State" |date=May 23, 2025 |work=Axios |access-date=May 23, 2025}}
- {{Cite web |last=Ioffe |first=Julia |url=https://puck.news/what-jd-vance-really-thinks-about-europe/ |title=The Vance Doctrine |date=March 27, 2025 |author-link=Julia Ioffe |work=Puck |access-date=May 25, 2025}}
- {{Cite web |last1=McGraw |first1=Meredith |last2=Ward |first2=Alexander |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/white-house-shrinks-national-security-council-2a291fff |title=White House Shrinks National Security Council |date=May 23, 2025 |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=May 25, 2025}}
- {{Cite web |last=Okun |first=Eli |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2024/11/07/gop-sketches-out-money-moves-00132333 |title=GOP sketches out money moves |date=November 7, 2024 |work=Politico |access-date=May 25, 2025}}
- {{Cite web |last=Ward |first=Ian |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/05/jd-vance-ukraine-aid-zelenskyy-00211618 |title=JD Vance's Gamble on Ukraine Aid Paid Off |date=March 5, 2025 |work=Politico Magazine |access-date=May 25, 2025}}
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=Journals=
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- {{Cite journal |last=Siracusa |first=Joseph |date=October 2012 |title=Andrew Baker. Constructing a Post-war Order: The Rise of US Hegemony and the Origins of the Cold War. |url=https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article-abstract/117/4/1253/31287 |journal=The American Historical Review |volume=117 |issue=4 |publisher=University of Oxford |doi=10.1093/ahr/117.4.1253a |access-date=May 25, 2025}}
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=Documents=
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- {{Cite document |title=Andrew Collison Baker in the California Birth Index, 1905-1995 |publisher=California Birth Index |ref={{Harvid|Andrew Collison Baker in the California Birth Index, 1905-1995}}}}
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Category:People from Sonoma, California
Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni