Assistant Secretary of State for Administration

U.S. government position

United States
Assistant Secretary of State
for Administration

Seal of the United States Department of State

Incumbent
Alaina B. Teplitz
since December 6, 2021

Reports to| The Under Secretary of State for Management
Nominator| The President of the United States
Inaugural holder| Julius C. Holmes
Formation| 1945
Website| Official Website

The Assistant Secretary of State for Administration is the head of the Bureau of Administration in the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary of State for Administration reports to the Under Secretary of State for Management.

## List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Administration, 1945—present[edit]

Name  | Assumed office  | Left office  | President appointed by

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Julius C. Holmes | January 29, 1945  | August 17, 1945  | Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frank McCarthy | September 1, 1945  | October 11, 1945  | Harry Truman
Donald S. Russell | September 24, 1945  | January 20, 1947
John Peurifoy | March 17, 1947  | August 10, 1950
Carlisle H. Humelsine | August 11, 1950  | February 13, 1953
Edward T. Wailes | May 29, 1953  | June 22, 1954  | Dwight D. Eisenhower
Isaac W. Carpenter, Jr. | June 23, 1954  | January 25, 1955
Loy W. Henderson | January 26, 1955  | August 9, 1955
Isaac W. Carpenter, Jr. | August 11, 1955  | December 15, 1957
Walter K. Scott | March 21, 1958  | July 22, 1959
Lane Dwinell | July 23, 1959  | February 3, 1961
William J. Crockett | February 23, 1961  | June 7, 1963  | John F. Kennedy
Dwight J. Porter | October 2, 1963  | March 28, 1965  | Lyndon B. Johnson
Francis G. Meyer | September 26, 1969  | May 31, 1971  | Richard Nixon
Joseph F. Donelan, Jr. | June 14, 1971  | March 31, 1973  | Richard Nixon
John M. Thomas | November 23, 1973  | June 28, 1979
Thomas M. Tracy | September 25, 1979  | August 30, 1983  | Jimmy Carter
Robert E. Lamb | December 19, 1983  | July 1, 1985  | Ronald Reagan
Donald J. Bouchard | December 12, 1985  | November 30, 1987
Sheldon J. Krys | July 13, 1988  | August 7, 1989
Arthur W. Fort | August 9, 1989  | January 8, 1993  | George H. W. Bush
Patrick F. Kennedy | May 20, 1993  | July 13, 2001  | Bill Clinton
William A. Eaton | July 13, 2001  | May 25, 2005  | George W. Bush
Rajkumar Chellaraj | June 5, 2006  | January 20, 2009
Joyce Anne Barr | December 17, 2011  | January 26, 2017  | Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Harry Mahar (acting)  | January 27, 2017  | December 8, 2017  | Donald Trump
Nicole R. Nason | December 8, 2017  | March 11, 2019
John W. Dinkelman (acting)  | March 12, 2019  | August 20, 2019
Carrie Cabelka | August 20, 2019  | January 20, 2021
John W. Dinkelman (acting)  | January 20, 2021  | December 6, 2021  | Joe Biden
Alaina B. Teplitz | December 6, 2021  | Present

## References[edit]

* Profile from State Department Historian
* Official website

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United States Assistant Secretaries of State (and equivalent ranks)

Reporting to the Under Secretary for
Political Affairs|

* African Affairs
* East Asian and Pacific Affairs
* European and Eurasian Affairs
* International Organization Affairs
* Near Eastern Affairs
* South and Central Asian Affairs
* Western Hemisphere Affairs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for
Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment|

* Economic and Business Affairs
* Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
* Energy Resources
* Chief Economist of the Department

Reporting to the Under Secretary for
Arms Control and International Security|

* Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance
* International Security and Nonproliferation
* Political-Military Affairs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for
Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs|

* Educational and Cultural Affairs
* Global Public Affairs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for
Management|

* Administration
* Consular Affairs
* Diplomatic Security
* Chief Information Officer of the Department
* Chief Medical Officer and Designated Agency Safety and Health Official
* Comptroller of the Department and Director of Global Financial Services
* Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Global Talent
* Director of Budget and Planning
* Director of Overseas Buildings Operations
* Director, Foreign Service Institute
* Director, Office of Foreign Missions, with the rank of Ambassador
* Director, Office of Management Strategy and Solutions

Reporting to the Under Secretary for
Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights|

* Conflict and Stabilization Operations
* Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with rank and status of Ambassador-at-Large
* Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
* International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
* Population, Refugees, and Migration
* Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (Ambassador-at-Large)
* Global Criminal Justice (Ambassador-at-Large)

Reporting directly to the Secretary|

* Intelligence and Research
* Legislative Affairs
* Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department
* Inspector General
* Legal Adviser
* Director, Policy Planning Staff
* Director, Office of Foreign Assistance
* Director, Office of Civil Rights and Chief Diversity Officer
* Chief of Protocol of the United States, with the rank of Ambassador
* Global Women's Issues (Ambassador-at-Large)
* Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally (Ambassador-at-Large)

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