Director of Policy Planning

Director of Policy Planning
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Jonathan Finer since January 2016
Appointer	John Kerry
Inaugural holder	George F. Kennan
Formation	1947
Website	http://www.state.gov/s/p/

The Director of Policy Planning is the United States Department of State official in charge of the Department's internal think tank, the Policy Planning Staff. In the Department, the Director of Policy Planning has a rank equivalent to Assistant Secretary.^[1]^[2] The position has traditionally been held by many members of the U.S. foreign policy establishment. Former Directors of Policy Planning include two National Security Advisors, a President of the World Bank, and several presidents of the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations.

Directors of Policy Planning (and later occupations)

2015 to present: Jonathan Finer - also serves as Chief of Staff to Secretary of State John Kerry
2013 to 2015: David McKean^[3] - Ambassador to Luxembourg
2011 to 2013: Jake Sullivan - former National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden. Currently chief national security advisor to Hillary Clinton
2009 to 2011: Anne-Marie Slaughter - Return to Princeton University
2007 to 2009: David F. Gordon - Head of Research at Eurasia Group
2005 to 2007: Stephen D. Krasner - Professor of Political Science at Stanford University
2003 to 2005: Mitchell B. Reiss - President George W. Bush's envoy to Northern Ireland
2001 to 2003: Richard N. Haass - President of the Council on Foreign Relations
1998 to 2001: Morton H. Halperin
1997 to 1998: Gregory B. Craig - White House Counsel for President Barack Obama
1994 to 1996: James Steinberg - Deputy Secretary of State for Secretary Hillary Clinton
1993 to 1994: Samuel W. Lewis - Ambassador to Israel from 1977 to 1985
1989 to 1992: Dennis B. Ross - Middle East envoy for Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton
1986 to 1989: Richard H. Solomon
1984 to 1986: Peter W. Rodman - Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
1983 to 1984: Stephen W. Bosworth - Until May 2013, Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; former Ambassador to South Korea and Philippines
1981 to 1982: Paul D. Wolfowitz - former President of the World Bank; former Deputy Secretary of Defense
1977 to 1981: W. Anthony Lake - National Security Advisor for President Clinton
1973 to 1977: Winston Lord - President of the Council on Foreign Relations from 1977 to 1985; Ambassador to China from 1985 to 1989
1973: James S. Sutterlin
1969 to 1973: William I. Cargo - Ambassador to Nepal from 1973 to 1976
1966 to 1969: Henry David Owen - Ambassador at Large for President Carter
1961 to 1966: Walt Whitman Rostow - National Security Advisor for President Lyndon B. Johnson
1961: George C. McGhee - Ambassador at Large for President Lyndon B. Johnson
1957 to 1961: Gerard C. Smith - Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1968-1973; Medal of Freedom winner
1953 to 1957: Robert R. Bowie
1950 to 1953: Paul H. Nitze - United States Secretary of the Navy from 1963 to 1967; chief arms negotiator for President Ronald Reagan; Medal of Freedom winner
1947 to 1949: George F. Kennan - Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia; proponent of "containment" theory; Medal of Freedom winner

References

↑ "Assistant Secretaries and Equivalent Rank". U.S. Department of State. January 20, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
↑ "Department Organization Chart". U.S. Department of State. March 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
↑ State Department profile for David McKean

External links

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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