Matthew Forbes Pottinger is a former journalist and the United States Marine Corps officer who served as the United States’ deputy national security advisor from September 22, 2019, until January 7, 2021.

Previously the National Security Council’s Asia director since 2017, his employment was rare among senior advisers serving under President Trump for its long, considering the administration’s rapid turnover. Pottinger helped shape the Trump administration’s China policies.

Where is Matthew Pottinger from?

He is America.

He attended Milton Academy and was a classmate and boyhood pal of John Avlon.

Pottinger holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and speaks Mandarin fluently.

Pottinger resigned on the afternoon of January 6, in response to the 2021 attack on the United States Capitol. The next morning, he left the White House.

What ethnicity is Matthew Pottinger?

Pottinger is white as of 2022.

Pottinger married Dr. Yen Duong, a virologist who moved to the United States as a kid after fleeing Vietnam with her family during the Vietnam War.

They live in Utah with their two children.