Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets | |
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Department of the Treasury | |
Style | The Honorable |
Reports to | Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance |
Nominator | President of the United States |
Salary | $155,500 (2010) [1] |
Website | Official website |
The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets is an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who heads the Office of Financial Markets. The office is currently held by Joshua Frost.
According to U.S. statute, there are ten Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. [2] The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets reports to the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance, who in turn reports to the United States Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.
Name | Assumed office | Left office | President appointed by | Secretary served under |
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Darcy E. Bradbury | 1995 | 1997 | Bill Clinton | |
Gary Gensler [3] | September 1997 | April 1999 | Bill Clinton | Robert Rubin |
Lewis A. Sachs [4] | 1999 | 2001 | Bill Clinton | Lawrence Summers |
Brian C. Roseboro [5] | 2001 | 2004 | George W. Bush | Paul O'Neill John W. Snow |
Timothy S. Bitsberger [6] | 2004 | 2005 | George W. Bush | John W. Snow |
Anthony Ryan [7] | 2006 | 2008 | George W. Bush | Henry Paulson |
Karthik Ramanathan (acting) [8] | September 25, 2008 | February 2010 | George W. Bush Barack Obama | Henry Paulson Timothy Geithner |
Mary J. Miller [9] | February 2010 | August 2012 | Barack Obama | Timothy Geithner |
Matthew S. Rutherford [10] | August 2012 | January 30, 2015 | Barack Obama | Timothy Geithner Jack Lew |
Seth B. Carpenter (acting) | January 30, 2015 | February 1, 2016 | Barack Obama | |
Daleep Singh (acting) | February 1, 2016 | January 20, 2017 | Barack Obama | |
Monique Rollins (acting) | January 20, 2017 | 2017 | Donald Trump | |
Joshua Frost | May 11, 2022 | Incumbent | Joe Biden | Janet Yellen |
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