Assistant Secretaries of State for International Organization Affairs
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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 (Dec 8, 1944; P.L. 78-472; 58 Stat. 798). On Aug 25, 1954, a Department administrative action changed the incumbent’s designation to Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.
- John Dewey Hickerson (1949–1953)
- Robert Daniel Murphy (1953)
- David McKendree Key II (1953–1955)
- Francis Orlando Wilcox (1955–1961)
- Harlan Cleveland (1961–1965)
- Joseph John Sisco (1965–1969)
- Samuel De Palma (1969–1973)
- David Henry Popper (1973–1974)
- William Burnside Buffum (1974–1975)
- Samuel Winfield Lewis (1975–1977)
- Charles William Maynes (1977–1980)
- Richard Lee McCall Jr. (1980–1981)
- Elliott Abrams (1981)
- Gregory J. Newell (1982–1985)
- Alan L. Keyes (1985–1987)
- Richard Salisbury Williamson (1988–1989)
- John R. Bolton (1989–1993)
- Douglas Joseph Bennet Jr. (1993–1995)
- Princeton Nathan Lyman (1997–1998)
- C. David Welch (1998–2001)
- Kim R. Holmes (2002–2005)
- Kristen Silverberg (2005–2008)
- Brian H. Hook (2008–2009)
- Esther Brimmer (2009–2013)
- Bathsheba Nell Crocker (2014–2017)
- Kevin E. Moley (2018)