Keith Kellogg

Keith Kellogg
Kellogg in 2025
United States Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia
Assumed office
January 20, 2025
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byPosition established
National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States
In office
April 27, 2018 – January 20, 2021
Vice PresidentMike Pence
Preceded byAndrea L. Thompson
Succeeded byNancy McEldowney
Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States National Security Council
In office
January 20, 2017 – April 27, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded bySuzy George
Succeeded byFrederick H. Fleitz
United States National Security Advisor
Acting
In office
February 13, 2017 – February 20, 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byMichael T. Flynn
Succeeded byH. R. McMaster
Personal details
Born
Joseph Keith Kellogg, Jr.

(1944-05-12) May 12, 1944
Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Paige Kellogg
Children3
EducationSanta Clara University (BA)
University of Kansas (MS)
United States Army War College
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of service1967–2003
RankLieutenant General
Commands82nd Airborne Division
Special Operations Command Europe
Battles/warsVietnam War
Operation Just Cause
Gulf War
AwardsArmy Distinguished Service Medal
Silver Star
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
(2 with one oak leaf cluster)
Bronze Star Medal
(5 with a "V" device)

Joseph Keith Kellogg Jr. (born May 12, 1944), known as Keith Kellogg, is a retired general officer in the United States Army. President Donald Trump put Kellogg in charge of the presidential transition agency action team for defense.[1] He was named a foreign policy advisor to then presidential candidate Trump in March 2016.[2]

He was named Acting United States National Security Advisor on February 13, 2017 following the resignation of Michael T. Flynn.

In November 2024, President-elect Trump selected Kellogg to be his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Romm, Tony (9 November 2016). "New details emerge on Trump transition organization". Politico. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Rappeport, Alan (22 March 2016). "Top Experts Confounded by Advisers to Donald Trump". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Phillips, Morgan, "Get to know Donald Trump's Cabinet: Who has the president-elect picked so far?", Fox News, 28 November 2024


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