Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
| United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs | |
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Seal of the United States Department of State | |
| Nominator | Barack Obama |
| Inaugural holder | Dean Rusk |
| Formation | 1949 |
| Website | Official Website |
The Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs is the head of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs within the United States Department of State that creates and executes policy in international organizations such as the United Nations. The Department of State created the position of Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs in February 1949, using one of the six Assistant secretary positions originally authorized by Congress in 1944. On August 25, 1954, a Department administrative action changed the incumbent's designation to Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. The current Assistant Secretary is Bathsheba Nell Crocker.
Assistant Secretaries of State for International Organization Affairs[1]
| Term started | Term ended | Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs |
| Feb 8, 1949 | May 26, 1949 | Dean Rusk |
| Jun 24, 1949 | Jul 27, 1953 | John D. Hickerson |
| Mar 20, 1953 | Nov 30, 1953 | Robert D. Murphy |
| Dec 4, 1953 | Jul 31, 1955 | David McK. Key |
| Jul 28, 1955 | Jan 20, 1961 | Francis O. Wilcox |
| Feb 20, 1961 | Sep 8, 1965 | Harlan Cleveland |
| Sep 1, 1965 | Feb 9, 1969 | Joseph John Sisco |
| Feb 7, 1969 | Jun 20, 1973 | Samuel De Palma |
| Jul 12, 1973 | Jan 2, 1974 | David H. Popper |
| Dec 19, 1973 | Dec 18, 1975 | William B. Buffum |
| Dec 22, 1975 | Apr 13, 1977 | Samuel W. Lewis |
| Apr 7, 1977 | Apr 9, 1980 | Charles W. Maynes |
| Jun 5, 1980 | Jan 21, 1981 | Richard Lee McCall, Jr. |
| May 7, 1981 | Dec 1, 1981 | Elliott Abrams |
| May 28, 1982 | Nov 12, 1985 | Gregory J. Newell |
| Nov 6, 1985 | Nov 17, 1987 | Alan L. Keyes |
| Feb 5, 1988 | Mar 19, 1989 | Richard S. Williamson |
| May 5, 1989 | Jan 19, 1993 | John R. Bolton |
| May 25, 1993 | May 31, 1995 | Douglas J. Bennet, Jr. |
| Mar 18, 1997 | Oct 22, 1998 | Princeton N. Lyman |
| Oct 22, 1998 | Nov 19, 2002 | C. David Welch |
| Nov 19, 2002 | May 1, 2005 | Kim Holmes |
| Aug 2, 2005 | June 27, 2008 | Kristen Silverberg |
| Oct 3, 2008 | January 20, 2009 | Brian H. Hook |
| April 2, 2009 | June 3, 2013 | Esther Brimmer |
| September 19, 2014 | Bathsheba N. Crocker |
References
- ↑ "Assistant Secretaries of State for International Organization Affairs". Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
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