John Podesta

John Podesta (English: John Podesta, January 8, 1949 -), an American Democratic politician, served as the White House Chief of Staff in the Clinton administration from 1998 to 2001, and served as a presidential adviser in the Obama administration from 2014 to 2015. From 2022 to 2025, he will serve as a senior adviser to the President in the Biden administration. From 2024, he will also serve as the U.S. President's special climate envoy. In 2003, Podesta founded the Center for American Progress. In October 2016, approximately 20,000 of Podesta's emails were leaked by WikiLeaks.