Kenneth L. Wainstein

Ken Wainstein
Official portrait, 2022
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis
In office
June 13, 2022  January 20, 2025
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byDavid Glawe
Succeeded byTBD
4th United States Homeland Security Advisor
In office
March 30, 2008  January 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byFrances Townsend
Succeeded byJohn O. Brennan
United States Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division
In office
September 28, 2006  March 30, 2008
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPatrick Rowan
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
In office
May 2004  September 28, 2006
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byRoscoe Howard
Succeeded byRonald Machen
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Leonard Wainstein

1962 (age 6263)
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (JD)

Kenneth Leonard 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. In 2022 under the Biden administration, he was appointed under secretary of homeland security for intelligence and analysis. He served in this position until 2025.