Kenneth L. Wainstein

Ken Wainstein


4th United States Homeland Security Advisor
In office March 30, 2008 – January 20, 2009
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Fran Townsend
Succeeded by	John Brennan
Assistant Attorney General for National Security
In office September 28, 2006 – March 30, 2008
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Patrick Rowan
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
In office May 2004 – September 28, 2006
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Roscoe C. Howard
Succeeded by	Ronald Machen
Personal details
Born	Kenneth Leonard Wainstein 1962 (age 54–55)
Political party	Republican
Education	University of Virginia (BA) University of California, Berkeley (JD)

Kenneth Leonard "Ken" Wainstein (born 1962) is an American lawyer. He served as the first Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and later as the Homeland Security Advisor to United States President George W. Bush.

Wainstein is a graduate of the University of Virginia and earned his law degree from the University of California at Berkeley.

Wainstein worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as General Counsel and as Chief of Staff to the FBI Director. He was United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.

On September 26, 2006, he was sworn in as the Department of Justice's Assistant Attorney General responsible for National Security.

Wainstein was appointed Homeland Security Advisor by President George W. Bush on March 30, 2008. He was also Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and chaired the Homeland Security Council. He was appointed as the "National Continuity Coordinator" under the auspices of National Security Presidential Directive 51