Andy Baker (national security advisor)

Andy Baker
Andy Baker
United States Deputy National Security Advisor
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; May 23, 2025 Serving with Robert Gabriel Jr.
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Alex Nelson Wong
National Security Advisor to the Vice President
	In office; January 20, 2025 – May 23, 2025
Vice President	JD Vance
Preceded by	Philip H. Gordon
Personal details
Born	Andrew Collison Baker; May 22, 1980 (age 45); Sonoma, California, U.S.
Education	University of California, Berkeley; University of Oxford;

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.^[1] Baker graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Oxford.^[2]

Baker worked in the United States Foreign Service from 2010 to 2025.^[2]

Baker served as a senior foreign policy advisor for then-senator JD Vance,^[3] where he dissuaded Vance from supporting military assistance to Ukraine.^[4] Following the 2024 presidential election, Baker assisted Robert Wilkie in transition efforts at the Department of Defense;^[4] Politico Magazine described his role as "central".^[3] Baker served as the national security advisor to Vance until May 2025.^[5]

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.^[6]

In 2011, Baker published Constructing a Post-war Order: The Rise of US Hegemony and the Origins of the Cold War.^[7]

Caputo, Marc; Isenstadt, Alex (May 23, 2025). "Trump, Rubio take aim at National Security Council's "Deep State"". Axios. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
Ioffe, Julia (March 27, 2025). "The Vance Doctrine". Puck. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
McGraw, Meredith; Ward, Alexander (May 23, 2025). "White House Shrinks National Security Council". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
Okun, Eli (November 7, 2024). "GOP sketches out money moves". Politico. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
Ward, Ian (March 5, 2025). "JD Vance's Gamble on Ukraine Aid Paid Off". Politico Magazine. Retrieved May 25, 2025.

"Andrew Collison Baker in the California Birth Index, 1905-1995" (Document). California Birth Index.