Inspector General of the Department of State

U.S. government position

Inspector General of the
United States Department of State

Seal of the Office of Inspector General

Incumbent
Arne B. Baker (Acting)

since May 1, 2025[1]

Reports to| United States Secretary of State
Inaugural holder| Raymond C. Miller
Formation| 1957
Website| Official website

The Inspector General of the Department of State heads the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State and is responsible for detecting and investigating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the United States Department of State. In the department, the Inspector General has a rank equivalent to an Assistant Secretary of State.[2][3]

## List of Inspectors General of the Department of State

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#  | Name  | Assumed office  | Left office  | President served under

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1  | Raymond C. Miller | November 19, 1957  | October 31, 1960  | Dwight D. Eisenhower
2  | Gerald A. Drew | November 13, 1960  | May 31, 1962  | Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy
3  | Norris S. Haselton | June 10, 1962  | July 31, 1964  | John F. Kennedy
4  | Fraser Wilkins | July 23, 1964  | August 8, 1971  | John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon
5  | Thomas W. McElhiney | July 1, 1971  | July 18, 1973  | Richard Nixon
6  | James S. Sutterlin | October 15, 1973  | August 31, 1974  | Richard Nixon
\-  | Robert L. Yost
(acting) | August 31, 1974  | April 16, 1975  | Gerald Ford
7  | William E. Schaufele, Jr. | April 16, 1975  | November 29, 1975  | Gerald Ford
8  | Robert M. Sayre | November 25, 1975  | May 1, 1978  | Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter
\-  | Brandon Grove
(acting) | May 1, 1978  | July 5, 1978  | Jimmy Carter
9  | Theodore L. Eliot, Jr. | July 5, 1978  | October 16, 1978  | Jimmy Carter
10  | Robert C. Brewster | January 15, 1979  | January 18, 1981  | Jimmy Carter
11  | Robert Lyle Brown | July 7, 1981  | June 30, 1983  | Ronald Reagan
12  | William Caldwell Harrop | December 12, 1983  | August 27, 1986  | Ronald Reagan
\-  | Byron Hollingsworth
(acting) | August 27, 1986  | August 14, 1987  | Ronald Reagan
13  | Sherman M. Funk | August 14, 1987  | February 15, 1994  | Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton
\-  | Roscoe S. Suddarth
(acting) | February 15, 1994  | June 12, 1994  | Bill Clinton
\-  | Harold W. Geisel
(acting) | June 12, 1994  | April 7, 1995  | Bill Clinton
14  | Jacquelyn L. Williams-Bridgers  | April 7, 1995  | January 31, 2001  | Bill Clinton
\-  | Anne Marie Sigmund
(acting) | February 4, 2001  | August 3, 2001  | George W. Bush
\-  | Clark Ervin
(acting) | August 3, 2001  | January 23, 2003  | George W. Bush
\-  | Anne Marie Sigmund
(acting) | January 24, 2003  | September 28, 2003  | George W. Bush
\-  | Anne W. Patterson
(acting) | September 28, 2003  | August 3, 2004  | George W. Bush
\-  | John E. Lange
(acting) | August 3, 2004  | August 23, 2004  | George W.Bush
\-  | Cameron R. Hume
(acting) | August 23, 2004  | May 2, 2005  | George W. Bush
15  | Howard Krongard | May 2, 2005  | January 15, 2008  | George W. Bush
\-  | William E. Todd
(acting) | January 15, 2008  | June 2, 2008  | George W. Bush
\-  | Harold W. Geisel
(acting) | June 2, 2008[4] | September 30, 2013  | George W. Bush and Barack Obama
16  | Steve A. Linick | September 30, 2013[5] | May 15, 2020[6] | Barack Obama and Donald Trump
\-  | Stephen Akard
(acting) | May 15, 2020  | August 7, 2020[7] | Donald Trump
\-  | Diana Shaw
(acting) | August 7, 2020  | August 31, 2020  | Donald Trump
\-  | Matthew Klimow
(acting) | August 31, 2020  | December 11, 2020[8] | Donald Trump
\-  | Diana Shaw
(acting) | December 11, 2020  | April 5, 2024  | Donald Trump and Joe Biden
\-  | Sandra J. Lewis
(acting) | April 5, 2024  | May 20, 2024  | Joe Biden
17  | Cardell K. Richardson | May 20, 2024  | January 24, 2025  | Joe Biden and Donald Trump
\-  | Sandra J. Lewis
(acting) | January 24, 2025  | May 1, 2025  | Donald Trump
\-  | Arne B. Baker
(acting) | May 1, 2025  | Present | Donald Trump

## Obama and Trump administrations

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This section appears to be slanted towards recent events. Please try to keep recent events in historical perspective and add more content related to non-recent events. (August 2024)

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Harold W. Geisel served as acting Inspector General during Hillary Clinton's service as Secretary of State.[1], which lasted until February 1, 2013.[9] There was no permanent Inspector General at the State Department while Clinton was Secretary, nor did President Barack Obama nominate anyone for that position.[10] Later in 2013, Obama nominated Steve A. Linick, and the Senate confirmed Linick to the role.

Linick served as Inspector General for the balance of Obama's term, continuing into the presidency of Donald Trump. On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 10 p.m., the White House announced that Linick had been removed.[11] The White House said Trump had dismissed Linick at the request of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Linick had been conducting several investigations into actions by Pompeo.[12][13][14] Trump appointed Stephen Akard, who was concurrently serving as the director of the State Department's Office of Foreign Missions, as acting Inspector General.[15] Akard served as acting Inspector General less than three months before resigning.[16] Deputy Inspector General Diana Shaw then became acting Inspector General.[17]

## References

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1. ^ https://www.stateoig.gov/uploads/monthly_snapshot/snapshot_pdf/2025-4-state-oig-monthly-update.pdf [bare URL PDF]
2. ^ "Assistant Secretaries and Equivalent Rank". January 20, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
3. ^ "Department Organization Chart". March 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
4. ^ "Harold W. Geisel". U.S. Department of State Archive. June 19, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
5. ^ "Steve A. Linick, Inspector General". U.S. Department of State. September 30, 2013. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
6. ^ McGraw, Meridith; Toosi, Nahal (May 15, 2020). "Trump ousts State Department watchdog". POLITICO. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
7. ^ Hudson, John (August 5, 2020). "State Department watchdog resigns in another shake-up at IG's office". Washington Post. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
8. ^ "State Department watchdog steps down after Pompeo rails at report on investigation into wife's travel". www.msn.com. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
9. ^ Cohen, Tom (February 1, 2013). "Clinton's farewell marred by embassy bombing". CNN. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
10. ^ Tau, Byron and Nicholas, Peter. "State Department Lacked Top Watchdog During Hillary Clinton Tenure", Wall Street Journal (March 24, 2015).
11. ^ Blake, Aaron (May 18, 2020). "Trump's slow-motion Friday night massacre of inspectors general". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
12. ^ Kimball, Spencer (May 16, 2020). "Mike Pompeo recommended Trump firing of State Department inspector general, White House says". CNBC. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
13. ^ Wong, Edward; Sanger, David E. (May 19, 2020). "State Dept. Investigator Fired by Trump Had Examined Weapons Sales to Saudis and Emiratis". The New York Times. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
14. ^ "Pompeo's elite taxpayer-funded dinners raise new concerns". NBC News. May 19, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
15. ^ Toosi, Nahal (June 23, 2020). "Acting watchdog recuses himself from 2 Pompeo probes". Politico. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
16. ^ Atwood, Kylie; Hansler, Jennifer (August 5, 2020). "Acting State Department watchdog resigns months after previous inspector general was fired". CNN. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
17. ^ Hudson, John (August 2, 2020). "State Department watchdog resigns in another shake-up at IG's office". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

## External links

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* State Department Historian on the Inspector General of the Department of State
* Official website

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United States Department of State

* Headquarters: Harry S Truman Building

* Marco Rubio, Secretary of State
* Christopher Landau, Deputy Secretary of State
* Michael Rigas, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources
* Allison Hooker, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Deputy Secretary of State and
Deputy Secretary of State for
Management and Resources|

* Office of Foreign Assistance
* Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy
* Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
* Office of the U.S. Coordinator for the Arctic Region

Under Secretary for
Political Affairs|

* Bureau of African Affairs
* Bureau of Counterterrorism
* Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
* Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
* Bureau of International Organization Affairs (United States Mission to the United Nations)
* Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
* Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
* Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs

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

* Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
* Bureau of Energy Resources
* Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
* Office of the Chief Economist
* Office of Global Food Security
* Office of Global Partnerships
* Office of the Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary

Under Secretary for Arms Control
and International Security|

* Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance
* Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
* Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
* Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
* International Security Advisory Board

Under Secretary for Public
Diplomacy and Public Affairs|

* Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (Fulbright Program)
* Bureau of Global Public Affairs
* Global Engagement Center
* International Expositions Unit
* Office of Global Youth Issues
* Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy
* United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy

Under Secretary
for Management|

* Bureau of Administration
* Bureau of Budget and Planning
* Bureau of Consular Affairs
* Bureau of Diplomatic Security
* Bureau of Global Talent Management
* Bureau of Information Resource Management
* Bureau of Medical Services
* Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations
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* Foreign Service Institute (Office of the Historian)
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* Director of Diplomatic Reception Rooms
* Office of Management Strategy and Solutions
* Office of White House Liaison

Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs and Religious Freedom|

* Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations
* Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
* Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
* Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy
* Office of Global Criminal Justice
* Office of International Religious Freedom
* Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism
* Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

Bureaus/offices reporting
directly to the secretary|

* Chief of Staff
* Office of the Counselor
* Bureau of Intelligence and Research
* Bureau of Legislative Affairs
* Executive Secretariat (Operations Center)
* Policy Planning Staff (Foreign Affairs Policy Board)
* Office of Civil Rights
* Office of Diversity and Inclusion
* Office of Global Women's Issues
* Office of Inspector General
* Office of the Chief of Protocol
* Office of the Legal Adviser
* Office of the Ombudsman
* Office of the Secretary's Special Representative for Syria Engagement
* Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology
* Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs
* Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
* Office of the Special Representative for Venezuela
* Office of the United States Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority
* Office of the U.S. Special Coordinator for the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment
* Iran Action Group
* Foreign Service Grievance Board
* Secretary's Open Forum

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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
* Coordinator for Counterterrorism

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
* International Narcotics and Law Enforcement 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
for foreign assistance, humanitarian affairs and religious freedom|

* Conflict and Stabilization Operations
* Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
* Population, Refugees, and Migration
* Global Health Security and Diplomacy
* 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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