Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs

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United States
Assistant Secretary of State
for Consular Affairs
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Incumbent
John Armstrong
Acting  
since February 27, 2025
Reports toThe under secretary of state for management
NominatorThe president of the United States
Inaugural holder R. W. Scott McLeod
Formation1953
Website travel.state.gov

The assistant secretary of state for consular affairs is the head of the Bureau of Consular Affairs within the United States Department of State. The assistant secretary of state for consular affairs reports to the under secretary of state for management. From 1953 to 1977, the position was called Administrator of the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs. The bureau is "responsible for the welfare and protection of U.S. citizens abroad, for the issuance of passports and other documentation to citizens and nationals, and for the protection of U.S. border security and the facilitation of legitimate travel to the United States" as described by the bureau's website. [1]

Contents

List of the assistant secretaries of state

Security and consular affairs, 1953–77

#NameAssumed officeLeft office President(s) served under
1 R. W. Scott McLeod March 3, 1953March 9, 1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower
2 Roderic L. O'Connor May 28, 1957December 29, 1958
3 John W. Hanes III January 1, 1959October 4, 1962Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy
4 Abba P. Schwartz October 5, 1962March 6, 1966John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
5 Barbara M. Watson August 12, 1968December 31, 1974Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon
6 Leonard F. Walentynowicz January 2, 1975March 7, 1977 Gerald Ford

Consular affairs, 1977–present

#NameAssumed officeLeft office President(s) served under
7 Barbara M. Watson April 13, 1977August 17, 1980 Jimmy Carter
8 Diego C. Asencio August 29, 1980November 21, 1983Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan
9 Joan M. Clark December 22, 1983October 18, 1989Ronald Reagan
10 Elizabeth M. Tamposi October 18, 1989November 10, 1992 George H. W. Bush
11 Mary A. Ryan May 12, 1993September 30, 2002 Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
12 Maura Harty November 20, 2002February 29, 2008George W. Bush
13 Janice L. Jacobs June 10, 2008April 4, 2014George W. Bush and Barack Obama
14 Michele T. Bond April 4, 2014January 26, 2017Barack Obama and Donald Trump
-David T. Donahue (acting)January 26, 2017August 11, 2017 Donald Trump
15 Carl Risch August 11, 2017December 22, 2020
-Mora Namdar (acting)December 22, 2020January 20, 2021
-Ian G. Brownlee (acting)January 20, 2021August 12, 2021 Joe Biden
16 Rena Bitter August 12, 2021January 20, 2025
-Julie Stufft (acting)January 20, 2025February 27, 2025 Donald Trump
-John Armstrong (acting)February 27, 2025Present

References

  1. ↑ "Bureau of Consular Affairs". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
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