The chief architect of the New Deal was Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served as the President of the United States from 1933 to 1945. The New Deal was a series of programs and policies aimed at recovering the U.S. economy during the Great Depression. It sought to provide relief for the unemployed, stimulate economic recovery, and reform the financial system. Key elements included social security, labor rights, and infrastructure projects, fundamentally reshaping the relationship between the government and the economy.