Derek Chollet
Derek Chollet | |
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| Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of Defense | |
| In office July 8, 2024 – January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Kelly Magsamen |
| Succeeded by | Joseph R. Casper |
| 35th Counselor of the United States Department of State | |
| In office January 20, 2021 – July 7, 2024 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Ulrich Brechbuhl |
| Succeeded by | Tom Sullivan |
| Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs | |
| In office June 1, 2012 – January 15, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Alexander Vershbow |
| Succeeded by | Elissa Slotkin (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Cornell University (BA) Columbia University |
Derek Chollet is an American foreign policy advisor and author who is currently a Managing Director and Head of the JPMorgan Chase Center for Geopolitics. He is also a Carnegie Distinguished Fellow at Columbia University's Institute of Global Politics. Until January 2025 he had served as chief of staff to the United States Secretary of Defense. He served as the 35th counselor of the United States Department of State from 2021 to 2024. Previously, Chollet was the executive vice president for security and defense policy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. From 2012 to 2015, Chollet was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, where he managed U.S. defense policy involving Europe, NATO, the Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere for Secretaries of Defense Leon Panetta and Chuck Hagel.