Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)

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Assistant Secretary of the Navy for
Financial Management and Comptroller
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Seal of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)
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Incumbent
Alaleh Jenkins [1]
Acting  
since January 20, 2025
Style Mr. Secretary
The Honorable
(formal address in writing)
Reports to Under Secretary of the Navy
Seat The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
NominatorThe President with Senate advice and consent
Term length No fixed term
Constituting instrument 10. U.S.C. § 8016
FormationOctober 1954
First holder William B. Franke
Succession 18th in SecDef succession by seniority of appointment
Salary Executive Schedule, Level IV [2]
Website Official website

The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) (abbreviated ASN FM) is a civilian office of the United States Department of the Navy. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) is responsible for managing and directing all of the financial matters, including the annual budgets, of the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) is also the Comptroller of the Department of the Navy. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) reports to the Under Secretary of the Navy.

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The office was established in 1954; disestablished in 1958; and then re-established in 1961. In June 1981, the office was re-designated as Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller), but in March 1984, the name switched back to Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller).

Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller), 1954—present

NameAssumed officeLeft office President appointed by Secretary served under
William B. Franke October 4, 1954April 16, 1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower Charles Thomas
J. Sinclair Armstrong May 28, 1957January 2, 1959 Thomas S. Gates, Jr.
Victor M. Longstreet September 14, 1962December 31, 1965 John F. Kennedy Fred Korth
Paul Nitze
Charles F. Baird March 7, 1966August 1, 1967 Lyndon B. Johnson Paul Nitze
Charles Arthur Bowsher December 18, 1967June 30, 1971 Paul Robert Ignatius
John Chafee
Frank P. Sanders August 2, 1971May 5, 1972 Richard Nixon John Chafee
Robert D. Nesen May 31, 1972May 15, 1974 John Warner
Gary D. Penisten October 15, 1974May 20, 1977 Gerald Ford J. William Middendorf
George A. Peapples November 3, 1977September 1980 Jimmy Carter W. Graham Claytor, Jr.
Edward Hidalgo
Robert H. Conn [3] May 1981December 15, 1988 Ronald Reagan Edward Hidalgo
John Lehman
Jim Webb
William L. Ball
Rear Admiral James M. Seely (Acting)December 18, 1988January 1990 Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush 		William L. Ball
Henry L. Garrett III
Robert C. McCormack January 12, 1990January 5, 1993 George H. W. Bush Henry L. Garrett III
Sean O'Keefe
Albert V. Conte (Acting)January 10, 1993December 11, 1993 John Howard Dalton
Deborah P. Christie March 16, 1994March 12, 1998 Bill Clinton
Gladys J. Commons (Acting)March 20, 1998October 15, 1998
Charles P. Nemfakos November 5, 1998July 2, 2001 Richard Danzig
Dionel M. Aviles July 17, 2001October 8, 2004 George W. Bush Gordon R. England
Robert L. Panek (Acting)October 9, 2004October 25, 2004
Richard Greco, Jr. October 26, 20042007 Gordon R. England
Donald C. Winter
Douglas A. Brook 2007January 20, 2009 George W. Bush
Barack Obama 		Donald C. Winter
Gladys J. Commons November 3, 2009August 29, 2013 Barack Obama Ray Mabus
Susan J. Rabern August 30, 2013January 20, 2017
Joseph B. Marshall, Jr. (Acting)January 20, 2017January 2, 2018 Donald Trump Sean Stackley (Acting)
Thomas W. Harker [4] January 2, 2018January 20, 2021 Donald Trump Richard Spencer
Kenneth Braithwaite
Alaleh Jenkins (Acting)January 20, 2021January 3, 2023 Joe Biden Thomas Harker (Acting)
Carlos Del Toro
Russell Rumbaugh January 3, 2023January 20, 2025 Joe Biden Carlos Del Toro
Alaleh Jenkins (Acting)January 20, 2025Present Donald Trump Terence G. Emmert (Acting)

Notes

  1. ↑ https://www.secnav.navy.mil/fmc/Pages/default.aspx
  2. ↑ 5 U.S.C.   § 5315
  3. ↑ Note: Conn's title was "Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management)" from June 1981 to March 1984.
  4. ↑ "Leadership Biographies". Navy.mil. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
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