Carlos F. Matus | |
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| Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Acting | |
| In office January 20, 2025 [1] –May 30, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Gentry O. Smith |
| Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Director of the Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) | |
| In office September 13,2021 –June 2,2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carlos F. Matus 1970 Oceanside,California,U.S. |
| Education | Inter-American Defense College University of Maryland University of Salvator |
| Profession | Special Agent |
| Awards | Regional Security Officer (RO) of the Year for D Company |
Carlos Matus (born 1970) is an American diplomat at the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) who had served as the principal deputy assistant secretary of state and director of the Diplomatic Security Service [2] (DSS). [3] [4] The DS is a law enforcement security arm of the State Department which leads security and law enforcement focusing on safeguard national security interests. Matus has served over thirty-seven years as a career member in the Senior Foreign Service (SFS.) From 2004 to 2017,Carlos Matus was appointed as a regional security officer (RSO) at the United States Embassy of Kabul,Afghanistan. From 2018 to 2019,Carlos Matus served for the High Threat Program Directorate while he worked as a Regional Director for High Threat Programs as the Deputy Regional Director for Contingency Operations focusing on Afghanistan,while Matus worked as the Officer Director of Protective Intelligence Investigations. [5] From 2019 to 2020,Carlos Matus served as the Deputy Assist Secretary for Threat Investigations and Analysis Directorate. Matus currently serves at Diplomatic Security Affairs Office for Criminal Investigations at Office of Public Affairs for Department of Justice and DSS [6] . [7] [8]
