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| White House Office of the Press Secretary | |
| Appointer | President of the United States |
| Formation | March 4, 1929; 92 years ago (1929-03-04) |
| First holder | George Akerson |
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. Jen Psaki is the current White House Press Secretary.
| Year(s) | Press Secretary | President |
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| 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 Huckabee Sanders | |
| 2019–2020 | Stephanie Grisham | |
| 2020–2021 | Kayleigh McEnany | |
| since 2021 | Jen Psaki | Joe Biden |
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).
