Sandy Berger

Sandy Berger
18th United States National Security Advisor
In office
March 14, 1997 – January 20, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
DeputyJames Steinberg
Preceded byAnthony Lake
Succeeded byCondoleezza Rice
19th United States Deputy National Security Advisor
In office
January 20, 1993 – March 14, 1997
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byJonathan Howe
Succeeded byJames Steinberg
Personal details
Born
Samuel Richard Berger

(1945-10-28)October 28, 1945
Millerton, New York, U.S.
DiedDecember 2, 2015(2015-12-02) (aged 70)
Washington, DC, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseSusan Harrison
Children3
EducationCornell University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Samuel Richard "Sandy" Berger (October 28, 1945 – December 2, 2015) was a Democratic attorney who served as the 18th US National Security Advisor for U.S. President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001 after he had served as the Deputy National Security Advisor for the Clinton administration from 1993 to 1997.

In 2005, he was fined and sentenced to two years of probation, plus community service, for the unauthorized removal of classified material from the National Archives. When disbarment proceedings were initiated on account of his theft of documents, Berger gave up his license to practice law by conceding the truth of the material allegations of misconduct and consenting to his disbarment.