White House Deputy National Security Adviser Andy Baker is set to leave the Trump administration in the coming weeks.

Baker also served as national security advisor to Vice President JD Vance.

Baker has been a key figure in the administration’s foreign policy and national security decision-making throughout Trump’s second term.

The former State Department foreign service officer joined then-Senator Vance’s team as a national security adviser.

A source close to Baker said he wants to spend more time with his family and stayed on months longer than planned to ensure an orderly transition to Sims and Needham.

Baker is expected to work in the private sector with Robert O’Brien, who served as President Trump’s fourth national security advisor during his first term.

In a statement, Baker said: “This has been an amazing journey. I’m proud of everything we’ve achieved and, of course, am incredibly grateful to the President, Vice President, and Secretary Rubio.”

Vice President Vance described Baker as “an exceptionally gifted, deeply thoughtful advisor who has served the President and me with distinction,” adding that Baker “has been an indispensable member of our administration’s national security team. For the over three years that Andy has been by my side, I’ve always valued his counsel and have been grateful for the difficult work he’s done.”

Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs Dylan Johnson also commented: “Andy is a brilliant and kind person — and a true believer in the America First foreign policy agenda! We will miss having him around the NSC but excited to see what’s next!”

A former State Department official, academic, and Vance adviser when the vice president was in the Senate, Baker historically advocated for a more restrained American foreign policy that questioned the wisdom of long-term foreign conflicts. He was also among the figures who helped craft Vance’s speech to the Munich Security Conference last year, during which the vice president warned European leaders that alleged censorship and democratic backsliding posed risks as severe to the continent as external threats, like those posed by China and Russia.