Andy Baker (national security advisor)

Andrew Collison Baker (born May 22, 1980) is an American national security advisor 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 the vice president from January to May 2025.

Baker graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in history, and later from the University of Oxford with a Master of Philosophy and a Doctor of Philosophy in international relations in 2007. He joined the Department of State as a Foreign Service officer in 2010. Ohio senator JD Vance named Baker as his national security advisor in 2023. As Vance's national security advisor, Baker dissuaded Vance from supporting military assistance to Ukraine.

Following the 2024 presidential election, in which Vance was elected vice president, Baker assisted Robert Wilkie in transition efforts selecting staff at the Department of Defense. In January 2025, Vance named Baker as his national security advisor. He was involved in broad peace negotiations to end the Russo-Ukrainian war, including the Ukraine–United States Mineral Resources Agreement, the United States attacks in Yemen, and the United States's response to the India–Pakistan conflict.