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Updates to the Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission database are currently suspended. For information about the Department’s current and recent leadership, we recommend visiting the Department of State homepage’s Biographies of Senior Officials and List of U.S. Ambassadors.
Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
Last
updated March 14, 2024.
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Secretaries
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Assistant Secretaries
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Deputy Secretaries of State
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Under Secretaries of State with Functional Titles
- Counselors
- Under Secretaries for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
- Under Secretaries of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
- Under Secretaries of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights
- Under Secretaries of State for Management
- Under Secretaries of State for Political Affairs
- Under Secretaries of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
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Ambassadors at Large
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Assistant Secretaries of State for Geographic Areas
- Assistant Secretaries of State for African Affairs
- Assistant Secretaries of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
- Assistant Secretaries of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Near Eastern Affairs
- Assistant Secretaries of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
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Assistant Secretaries of State or Equivalents with Functional Designations
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Administration
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Arms Control
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Consular Affairs
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Diplomatic Security
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Energy Resources
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Intelligence and Research
- Assistant Secretaries of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
- Assistant Secretaries of State for International Organization Affairs
- Assistant Secretaries of State for International Security and Nonproliferation
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Legislative Affairs
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Politico-Military Affairs
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Affairs
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Public Affairs
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Resource Management
- Career Ambassadors
- Chiefs of Protocol
- Comptrollers and Directors of the Bureau of Global Financial Services
- Directors General of the Foreign Service
- Directors of Policy Planning
- Directors of the Bureau of Budget and Planning
- Directors of the Bureau of Counterterrorism
- Directors of the Bureau of Financial Management and Policy
- Directors of the Foreign Service Institute
- Directors of the Office of Foreign Missions
- Directors of the Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation
- Directors of the Office of Medical Services
- Executive Secretaries
- Inspectors General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service
- Legal Advisers
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Heads of Other Foreign Assistance Agencies, 1948-1997
- Administrators of the Agency for International Development
- Administrators of the Economic Cooperation Administration
- Administrators of the Technical Cooperation Administration
- Directors of the Foreign Operations Administration
- Directors of the International Cooperation Administration
- Directors of the Mutual Security Agency
- Directors of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- Directors of the U.S. Information Agency
- U.S. Trade Representatives
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Discontinued Positions
- Assistant Secretaries of State
- Assistant Secretaries of State
- Assistant Secretaries of State for European, Far Eastern, Near Eastern, and African Affairs
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Non-Proliferation
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Occupied Areas
- Assistant Secretaries of State for Transportation and Communication
- Chief Clerks
- Coordinators for International Communications and Information Policy
- Deputy Inspectors General of Foreign Assistance
- Deputy Under Secretaries of State
- Deputy Under Secretaries of State for Economic Affairs
- Deputy Under Secretaries of State for Management
- Deputy Under Secretaries of State for Political Affairs
- Directors of the Bureau of German Affairs
- Directors of the Office of Management Policy
- Inspectors General of Foreign Assistance
- Second Assistant Secretaries of State
- Third Assistant Secretaries of State