John P. Walters

John P. Walters
5th Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
In office December 7, 2001 – January 20, 2009
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Barry McCaffrey
Succeeded by	Gil Kerlikowske
In office January 20, 1993 – July 19, 1993 Acting
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Bob Martinez
Succeeded by	Lee Brown
Personal details
Born	(1952-02-08) February 8, 1952
Political party	Republican
Education	Michigan State University (BA) University of Toronto (MA)

John P. Walters (born February 8, 1952) is an American politician. He is a former Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). He held that position from December 7, 2001 to January 20, 2009.

During the Reagan Administration, he served as Assistant to the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education. He was also the Secretary's representative to the National Drug Policy Board and the Domestic Policy Council's Health Policy Working Group.

In January 2009, Walters became the Executive Vice President of the Hudson Institute.

Other websites

• Office of National Drug Control Policy
• University of Michigan, Survey Research Center Monitoring the Future, 2004 Archived 2017-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• 6 September 1990 rare video of "National Public Radio's Morning Edition" at 01:40:06 of John P. Walters and opposing views by Arnold Trebach of the Drug Policy Foundation about the "War on Drugs."
• Information on the New Citizenship Project