John Podesta

American political consultant · United States · On the map · Politicians · Born 1949 · age 77

John David Podesta Jr. is an American political consultant who served as Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy from 2024 to 2025, having previously served as Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation from 2022 to 2025.

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2020“The American people want climate action. New polling from Climate Power 2020 finds 71 percent favor bold government action on climate change, while only 18 percent oppose it...”In their words24 July 2020Donald Trump Wants a Fight on the Green New Deal. So Do We, by Varshini Prakash and John Podesta, The NationRead the whole statement

2015Ansel Adams AwardAward2001James Madison AwardAward1949Born8 January 1949

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Podesta in 1993

Podesta meeting with Bill Clinton and Georgetown University president John J. DeGioia in 2006

President Obama holds a meeting with Podesta and Susan Rice aboard Air Force One, 2015

Podesta testifies before the Senate Budget Committee Task Force on Government Performance.

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The remarks attributed to John Podesta, who is Mrs. Clinton’s chief of staff, are just extraordinarily patronizing and insulting to Catholics. What he would say is offensive.
Timothy M. Dolan, Cardinal Dolan Blasts Hillary Clinton’s Catholic Bashing: It is “Patronizing and Insulting to Catholics” (October 21,, Own words

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Ansel Adams Award2015

James Madison Award2001

Ellis Island Medal of Honor

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Podesta previously served as White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 2001 and counselor to President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2015. Before that, he served in the Clinton administration as White House staff secretary from 1993 to 1995 and White House deputy chief of staff for operations from 1997 to 1998.

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