Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs

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United States
Assistant Secretary of State for
Economic and Business Affairs
U.S. Department of State official seal.svg
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Amy Holman
(Acting)
since June 28, 2024 [1]
Reports to Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
Nominator President of the United States
Inaugural holder Willard Long Thorp
Formation1944
Website Official website

The Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs is an office in the United States Department of State responsible for managing the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs. It was known as the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from December 1944 to September 15, 1972. [2]

The purpose of the bureau is to "[promote] a strong American economy by leveling the playing field for American companies doing business in global markets, attracting foreign investors to create jobs in America, and deploying economic tools to deny financing to terrorists, human rights abusers, and corrupt officials." [3]

Assistant Secretaries of State for Economic and Business Affairs

#NameAssumed officeLeft office President(s) served under
1 Willard Thorp 19461952 Harry S. Truman
2 Harold F. Linder 19521953
3 Samuel C. Waugh 19531955 Dwight D. Eisenhower
4 Thorsten V. Kalijarvi 19571957
5 Thomas C. Mann 19571960
6 Edwin M. Martin 19601962Dwight D. Eisenhower/John F. Kennedy
7 Gove Griffith Johnson Jr. 19621965John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson
8 Anthony M. Solomon 19651969Lyndon B. Johnson
9 Philip H. Trezise 19691971 Richard Nixon
10 Willis Coburn Armstrong 19721974
11 Thomas O. Enders 19741975 Gerald Ford
12 Joseph A. Greenwald 19761976
13 Julius Katz 19761979Gerald Ford/Jimmy Carter
14 Deane R. Hinton 19791981Jimmy Carter
15 Robert Hormats 19811982 Ronald Reagan
16 Richard T. McCormack 19831985
17 Douglas W. McMinn 19851987
18 Eugene J. McAllister 19881992Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush
19 Daniel Tarullo 19931996 Bill Clinton
20 Alan Larson 19961999
21 Earl Anthony Wayne June 1, 2000June 3, 2006 George W. Bush
22 Daniel S. Sullivan June 6, 2006January 1, 2009
23 Jose W. Fernandez December 2, 2009October 2, 2013 Barack Obama
24 Charles Rivkin February 13, 2014January 20, 2017
- Patricia M. Haslach (acting)January 20, 2017September 1, 2017 Donald Trump
25 Manisha Singh November 22, 2017January 20, 2021
- Peter D. Haas (acting) [4] January 20, 2021August 27, 2021 Joe Biden
-Matt Murray (Senior Bureau Official) [5] August 28, 2021January 24, 2022
26 Ramin Toloui January 24, 2022June 28, 2024
-Amy Holman (Acting)June 28, 2024Incumbent

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