- Karl Rove
Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) is Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush. He has headed the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Public Liaison, and the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives. For most of his career prior to his employment at the White House, Rove was a political consultant. Rove's election campaign clients have included George W. Bush (2000 and 2004 presidential elections, 1994 and 1998 Texas gubernatorial elections), …
- Valerie Plame
Valerie Plame was no CIA paper-pusher. She was searching out intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
- Andrew Card
From 1993 to 1998, Mr. Card was President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Automobile Manufacturers Association (AAMA), the trade association whose members were Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation. The AAMA dissolved in December 1998. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1975-1983.
- Pervez Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf (born August 11 , 1943 , Delhi , India ) became ruler (head of state/chief executive) of Pakistan on October 12 , 1999 following a bloodless coup d'AAtat . He assumed the office of President of Pakistan on June 20 , 2001 . In order to legitimize and legalize his rule, he held a referendum on April 30 , 2002 thereby elected as President of Pakistan for duration of five years.
- David Addington
David S. Addington (b. January 22, 1957, Washington, D.C.), is chief of staff and former legal counsel to Vice President Dick Cheney. He was appointed to replace Lewis "Scooter" Libby as Cheney's chief of staff upon Libby's resignation on October 28, 2005. He was described by "U.S. News and World Report" as "the most powerful man you've never heard of".
- Dan Halutz
"'"' (born August 71948 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli Air Force Lt. General and former Israeli Air Force commander. Halutz was appointed as Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces on June 1, 2005. On January 17 2007 he announced his resignation. He has a degree in economics.
- Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minster, and current Minister of Defense, deputy prime minister and leader of Israel's Labor Party. Barak served as the 10th Prime Minister of Israel from 1999 to 2001. After losing the 2001 election, Barak embarked on a business career. On June 12, 2007, he completed a political comeback by winning election to the Labor Party leadership. He was appointed as Israeli Minister of Defence, …
- James Baker
James Addison Baker III (born April 28 1930) served as the Chief of Staff in President Ronald Reagan's first administration, Secretary of the Treasury from 1985 to 1988 in the second Reagan administration, and Secretary of State in the administration of President George H. W. Bush. He is also the founder of the James Baker Institute.
- Joshua Bolten
Josh Bolten is a rare commodity in the nation's capital: a powerful iconoclast. In a town as conventional and straitlaced as they come, the 49-year-old Bolten does his day job extremely well but also manages to move to his own rhythm. "He's one of the most capable people in government," said Nicholas Calio , a former senior aide to both Presidents Bush and now a top executive at Citigroup. "But he also likes to have bowling parties.
- Yitzhak Rabin
"'"', <font color="white">a</font>(March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel with two periods in office, from 1974 until 1977 and from 1992 until his assassination in 1995. In 1994 during his second term Rabin won the Nobel Peace Prize together with Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat, for their efforts towards peace which culminated in the Oslo Accords.
- Lawrence Wilkerson
Colonel Lawrence B. Wilkerson (US Army, retired) was the chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. He retired from government service in January 2005 at the same time as Powell. Subsequent to their retirement, he and Powell had a falling out over Wilkerson's strident criticism of the administration of George W. Bush.
- David Safavian
David Safavian , the Bush administration's former top procurement official and a former chief of staff for the General Services Administration, was sentenced to 18 months in prison in October after he was found guilty of covering up his dealings with Abramoff. Safavian is appealing his June 2006 conviction.
- Gabi Ashkenazi
Lieutenant General Gabi (Gabriel) Ashkenazi, born 1954 in Hagor, Israel, is the 19th Chief of General Staff of Israel Defence Forces (Hebrew: רמטכ"ל Ramatkal).
- Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military leader and politician. The fourth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958), he became a fighting symbol to the world of the new State of Israel.
- John Spencer
John Spencer was an Emmy Award-winning American actor best known for his role as Leo McGarry, the White House Chief of Staff on the television drama "The West Wing".
- Ian Brodie
Dr. Ian Brodie, Ph.D (born July 25, 1967 in Toronto) is a Canadian political scientist and political functionary, who has been Chief of Staff in Stephen Harper's Prime Minister's Office since Harper's ascension to prime minister in 2006. He attended high school at the University of Toronto Schools. He earned a BA in political science from McGill University in Montreal, and an MA and a Ph.D from the University of Calgary.
- Donald Regan
Donald Thomas Regan (December 21 1918 - June 10 2003) was the 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury, from 1981 to 1985, and Chief of Staff from 1985 to 1987 in the Ronald Reagan Administration, where he advocated "Reaganomics" and tax cuts to create jobs and stimulate production. Regan was criticized for his Prime Ministerial style of working, for his involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair, and for his frequent disagreements with Ronald Reagan's wife, …
- Scott Palmer
Scott B. Palmer (born November 22 1950 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA) is the Chief of Staff to United States Representative Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois), the former Speaker of the House in the U.S. House of Representatives. Palmer attended Aurora University in Aurora, Illinois, from which he received a B.A. degree in history in 1972 and a Master's degree in management in 1983. From 1972 until 1984, he worked for Aurora University.
- Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. (born 1955) is a MSNBC political analyst who has appeared on "The McLaughlin Group" and "The Al Franken Show". Born in Boston, he was also an Emmy Award-winning producer and writer for the NBC series "The West Wing" and creator and executive producer of the late NBC series, Mister Sterling. He also appears as a recurring supporting character on the HBO series Big Love, portraying an attorney.
- Tim Murphy
Timothy John Murphy (born August 7, 1959 in Barrie, Ontario) is a former politician and was the chief of staff of the Canadian Prime Minister's Office under Paul Martin's government. Murphy has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University (1982) and a law degree from the University of Toronto. He practiced law with Blake Cassels and Graydon before entering politics, …
- Michael Deaver
Michael Keith Deaver born April 11, 1938 in Bakersfield, California, was a member of President Ronald Reagan's White House staff serving as Deputy White House Chief of Staff under James Baker III and Donald Regan from January 1981 until May 1985.
- Jean Pelletier
Jean Pelletier (born February 21 1935 in Chicoutimi, Quebec) is a Canadian political operative and former head of VIA Rail. An important member and a leading organizer of the Liberal Party of Canada. He began his political career with the "Union Nationale" party, and was elected mayor of Quebec City in 1977, a position he held until 1988. With the demise of the "Union Nationale", he joined the Liberal Party, …
- Rafael Eitan
Rafael Eitan <font color="white">a</font>(January 11, 1929 - November 23, 2004) was an Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces and later a politician, a Knesset member, and Minister of Agriculture. He was known by the nickname of "Raful" (רפול). Rafael Eitan was born in 1929 in Afula, in the British Mandate of Palestine and was raised in Moshav Tel Adashim, where he spent most of his life.
- Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Rousseff is a Brazilian politician and former guerrilla fighter. She was appointed Energy Minister by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula) in his first cabinet in 2003. On June 15, 2005 she was appointed Lula's Chief of Staff.
- Creighton Abrams
Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. was a United States Army general who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968-72 which saw U.S. troop strength fall from 530,000 to 30,000. He served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1972 until shortly before his death in 1974. In honor of Abrams, the U.S. Army named the XM1 main battle tank after him as the M1 Abrams.
- Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (born 18 March 1944) is a former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Member of the Knesset and Minister of Transportation and Tourism.
- Udi Adam
Aluf Ehud "Udi" Adam (in Hebrew: אהוד ("אודי") אדם is a General in the Israel Defense Forces and the former head of the Israeli Northern Command. Adam has received a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from Bar Ilan University and later studied at the School for War Studies in Paris, where he received a M.A. in Strategic Studies. His father was General Yekutiel Adam, former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces, …
- Jack Quinn
Jack Quinn (born August 16, 1949) is an American lawyer and political figure. He served as White House Counsel to U.S. President Bill Clinton from 1995 to 1996. Quinn was born and grew up in New York. He attended Georgetown University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971.
- Norman Spector
Norman Spector (born 1949) is a Canadian journalist, diplomat, civil servant, and newspaper publisher. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Spector received a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Political Science, from McGill University in 1970. Awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, he received a Master of Philosophy degree in Political Science from Columbia University in 1972 and a Ph.D. in 1977. In 1974, as a Newhouse Fellow, he received a Master of Science degree in Television, …
- Walter Bedell Smith
General Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith GBE KCB (October 5, 1895 – August 9, 1961) was Dwight D. Eisenhower's Chief of Staff during Eisenhower's tenure at SHAEF and Director of the CIA from 1950 to 1953. He also served as U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1949. Smith's first military service was as a private in the Indiana National Guard. He continued his service during World War I, in the 4th Division of the United States Army as an Infantry Reserve Officer.
- James Forrestal
James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 - May 22, 1949) was a Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. Forrestal's death resulted from a fall out of a Bethesda Naval Hospital window which has led to speculation and much controversy. He was a supporter of naval battle groups centered on aircraft carriers. In 1954, the Navy's first supercarrier was named the USS "Forrestal" in his honor.
- Rosa Delauro
Rosa DeLauro is a member of the United States House of Representatives. Holding the position since 1991, DeLauro represents Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. She is currently serving her ninth term. Before becoming a member of the House, DeLauro served as Executive Director of EMILY'S List, as well as serving as Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd .
- Roger Cressey
Roger W. Cressey is a former member of the United States' National Security Council staff, where he held the position of Director for Transnational Threats from November 1999 through November 2001. He is currently the president of the Good Harbor consulting group, and an adjunct Professor of counter-terrorism policy at Georgetown University. A 1987 Political Science graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, …
- Susan Lindauer
Susan P. Lindauer aka Symbol Susan (born 17 July 1963) is an American journalist accused of conspiring to act as a spy for the Iraqi Intelligence Service and engaging in prohibited financial transactions involving the government of Iraq under Saddam Hussein. The prosecution claims that she accepted $10,000 for the work. The exact charge was that she acted as an unregistered agent of Iraq, something akin to an unregistered lobbyist, …
- Mary Beth Cahill
Mary Beth Cahill is an American political figure, who served as the campaign manager of Senator John Kerry's campaign for the Democratic nomination for President. She was Kerry's second campaign manager; she replaced Jim Jordan in November of 2003, after Jordan was fired by Kerry. She was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts and raised in Framingham, Massachusetts by a large, politically active, Irish-Catholic family.
- Eddie Goldenberg
Edward "Eddie" Goldenberg, B.A., M.A., B.C.L., served as a senior political advisor to Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, considered among the most influential, with Jean Pelletier and Aline Chretien. Goldenberg served briefly as Chrétien's Chief of Staff during his final months in office, before leaving to become a partner at the Ottawa office of law firm Stikeman Elliott LLP. He was an influential figure behind Bob Rae's bid to become Liberal leader.
- Hoyt Vandenberg
Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg (January 24, 1899-April 2, 1954) was a U.S. Air Force general, its second Chief of Staff, and director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Vandenberg was briefly the U.S. Chief of Military Intelligence during World War II, but his primary duty was as commanding general of the Ninth Air Force, a tactical air force in England and in France, supporting the Army, from August 1944 until V-E Day.
- Rodney J. McKinley
Rodney J. McKinley is the current Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force.
- Dan Shomron
Gen. Dan Shomron (born 1937) was the 13th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, from 1987 to 1991. During the Six-Day War he commanded a unit on the Egyptian front and was the first paratrooper to reach the Suez Canal. He was decorated with the Medal of Distinguished Service for this action. In 1974 he received the command over the Infantry and Paratroopers Branch of the Israeli army. In this function, he had command over Operation Entebbe in 1976.
- Lynn Schenk
The daughter of a Holocaust survivor, Lynn Schenk knows obstacles. She worked her way through high school and college, broke numerous barriers for women and overcame stinging political defeats. Now, as Chief of Staff to the Governor, she's helping Gray Davis fight the political battle of his life. You can bet she's ready.