Coordinator for Counterterrorism

United States Coordinator for Counterterrorism
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Justin H. Siberell (Acting) since February 22, 2016
Nominator	Barack Obama
Inaugural holder	L. Douglas Heck
Formation	1976
Website	Official Website

The Coordinator for Counterterrorism heads the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Counterterrorism, which coordinates U.S. government efforts to fight terrorism.^[1] As the head of the counterterrorism bureau, the Coordinator for Counterterrorism has the rank of both Ambassador-at-Large and Assistant Secretary.^[2]^[3]

The current Coordinator for Counterterrorism is Justin H. Siberell, who is currently serving as Acting Coordinator.^[4]

List of Coordinators for Combating Terrorism

Name	Assumed Office	Left Office	President served under
L. Douglas Heck	August 29, 1976	June 6, 1977	Gerald Ford
Heyward Isham	October 26, 1977	August 1, 1978	Jimmy Carter
Anthony C. E. Quainton	August 16, 1978	August 1, 1981	Jimmy Carter
Robert M. Sayre	May 11, 1982	September 10, 1984	Ronald Reagan
Robert B. Oakley	September 10, 1984	October 12, 1986	Ronald Reagan
L. Paul Bremer	October 16, 1986	May 25, 1989	Ronald Reagan
Morris D. Busby	May 1, 1989	July 24, 1991	George H. W. Bush
Peter Burleigh	November 22, 1991	November 23, 1992	George H. W. Bush
Philip C. Wilcox, Jr.	March 24, 1995	June 27, 1997	Bill Clinton
Christopher W.S. Ross	March 24, 1995	December 13, 1998	Bill Clinton
Michael A. Sheehan	August 9, 1999	December 20, 2000	Bill Clinton
Francis X. Taylor	July 13, 2001	November 15, 2002	George W. Bush
Cofer Black	November 26, 2002	November 15, 2004	George W. Bush
Henry Crumpton	August 2, 2005	February 2, 2007^[5]	George W. Bush
Dell L. Dailey	June 22, 2007	April 3, 2009^[6]	George W. Bush
Daniel Benjamin	May 28, 2009	December 2012	Barack Obama
Jerry P. Lanier	December 10, 2012	February 2014	Barack Obama
Tina S. Kaidanow	February 18, 2014	February 22, 2016	Barack Obama

References

↑ Website of the Bureau of Counterterrorism
↑ "Assistant Secretaries and Equivalent Rank". January 20, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
↑ "Department Organization Chart". March 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
↑ "Bureau of Counterterrorism’s Tina Kaidanow Moves to Pol-Mil Affairs, Justin Siberell Now Acting Coordinator". Diplopundit. March 18, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
↑ Biography of Henry A. Crumpton, U.S. State Department archive
↑ Biography of Dell L. Dailey, U.S. State Department archive

Ambassadors of the United States

Current countries	Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros DR Congo Congo Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon The Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Holy See Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Past countries	Czechoslovakia East Germany Hawaii North Yemen Ottoman Empire Prussia South Vietnam South Yemen Soviet Union Tanganyika Two Sicilies United Arab Republic Texas Yugoslavia

Other places	Curaçao Hong Kong and Macau Jerusalem Taiwan

International organizations	AU APEC ASEAN SAARC CD EU ICAO NATO OAS OECD OIC OPCW OSCE UN UNESCO UNEP UN Food and Agriculture UNVIE UN in Geneva UN Human Rights WTO

Ambassadors-at-large	Counterterrorism Global Women's Issues International Religious Freedom War Crimes Issues Trafficking in Persons AIDS

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

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs	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 Public Affairs Coordinator for International Information Programs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Management	Administration Consular Affairs Diplomatic Security Director General of the Foreign Service

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights	Conflict and Stabilization Operations Coordinator for Counterterrorism (Ambassador-at-Large) Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Population, Refugees, and Migration Trafficking in Persons (Ambassador-at-Large) War Crimes Issues (Ambassador-at-Large)

Reporting directly to the Secretary	Intelligence and Research Legislative Affairs Executive Secretary Inspector General Legal Adviser Director of Policy Planning Chief of Protocol Global Women's Issues (Ambassador-at-Large) Global AIDS Coordinator (Ambassador-at-Large)

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