Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs
| United States Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the United States Department of State | |
| Reports to | The United States Secretary of State |
| Nominator | The President of the United States |
| Inaugural holder | Dean Acheson[1] |
| Formation | 1944 |
| Website | Official Website |
The Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Legislative Affairs within the United States Department of State.
List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Legislative Affairs
| Name | Assumed office | Left office | President served under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Acheson | December 20, 1944 | August 15, 1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Ernest A. Gross | March 4, 1949 | October 13, 1949 | Harry S. Truman |
| Jack K. McFall | October 15, 1949 | September 9, 1952 | |
| Thruston Ballard Morton | January 30, 1953 | February 29, 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Robert C. Hill | March 9, 1956 | June 26, 1957 | |
| William B. Macomber Jr. | October 21, 1957 | February 27, 1961 | |
| Brooks Hays | February 28, 1961 | December 3, 1961 | John F. Kennedy |
| Fred Dutton | December 4, 1961[2] | July 27, 1964 | John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Douglas MacArthur II | March 14, 1965 | March 6, 1967 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| William B. Macomber Jr. | March 7, 1967 | October 2, 1969 | |
| David Manker Abshire | April 20, 1970 | January 8, 1973 | Richard Nixon |
| Marshall Wright | May 29, 1973 | February 2, 1974 | |
| A. Linwood Holton | February 28, 1974 | January 31, 1975 | Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford |
| Robert J. McCloskey | February 21, 1975 | September 10, 1976 | Gerald Ford |
| Douglas J. Bennet | March 18, 1977 | August 2, 1979 | Jimmy Carter |
| J. Brian Atwood | August 3, 1979 | January 14, 1981 | |
| Richard M. Fairbanks | March 6, 1981 | January 26, 1982 | Ronald Reagan |
| Powell A. Moore | February 8, 1982 | August 5, 1983 | |
| W. Tapley Bennett Jr. | November 17, 1983 | January 4, 1985 | |
| William L. Ball | April 2, 1985 | February 28, 1986 | |
| J. Edward Fox | June 18, 1986 | February 21, 1989 | |
| Janet G. Mullins | March 2, 1989 | August 23, 1992 | George H. W. Bush |
| Wendy Sherman | May 12, 1993 | March 29, 1996 | Bill Clinton |
| Barbara Mills Larkin | July 19, 1996 | January 19, 2001 | |
| Paul Vincent Kelly | June 1, 2001 | January 24, 2005 | George W. Bush |
| Jeffrey Bergner | November 9, 2005 | June 27, 2008 | |
| Matthew A. Reynolds | October 7, 2008 | January 20, 2009 | |
| Richard Verma | April 6, 2009 | March 14, 2011 | Barack Obama |
| Joseph Macmanus (acting) | March 14, 2011 | August 4, 2011 | |
| David S. Adams | August 4, 2011 | June 18, 2013 | |
| Julia Frifield | October 21, 2013 | January 20, 2017 | |
| Joseph Macmanus (acting) | January 20, 2017 | December 20, 2017 | Donald Trump |
| Mary Kirtley Waters | December 20, 2017 | August 31, 2018 | |
| Mary Elizabeth Taylor | October 1, 2018 | June 18, 2020 | |
| Ryan M. Kaldahl (acting) | July 2020 | January 20, 2021 | |
| Naz Durakoğlu (acting) | January 20, 2021 | July 22, 2022 | Joe Biden |
| Naz Durakoğlu | July 22, 2022 | present |
External links
- List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Legislative Affairs by the State Department Historian
- Bureau of Legislative Affairs Website
References
- ^ "Assistant Secretaries of State for Legislative Affairs". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- ^ Commissioned during a Senate recess; after confirmation, he was re-commissioned on January 30, 1962.