Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State

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Executive Secretary of the
United States Department of State
U.S. Department of State official seal.svg
Seal of the United States Department of State
Dereck J. Hogan official photo.jpg
Incumbent
Dereck J. Hogan [1]
since August 7, 2023
Appointer Secretary
Inaugural holder Lucius Durham Battle
Formation1961
Website Official website

The Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State is the Director of the Executive Secretariat. The position holds a rank equivalent to an Assistant Secretary. [2] [3] Each Executive Secretary is appointed by the Secretary of State. [2]

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The Executive Secretary serves as the liaison and the clearinghouse between the State Department’s bureaus and the leadership offices of the Secretary, the Deputy Secretaries, and the Director of Policy Planning. The Executive Secretary also manages relations between the State Department and the White House, the National Security Council, and other cabinet-level agencies. [4] As the head of the Executive Secretariat, the Executive Secretary also manages the State Department's Operations Center and prepares briefing papers about the Department during transitions between presidential administrations. [2]

List of Executive Secretaries

#TenureExecutive Secretary Secretary of State
11961–1962 Lucius Durham Battle Dean Rusk
21962–1963 William H. Brubeck
31963–1969 Benjamin Huger Read
41969–1973 Theodore Lyman Eliot Jr. William P. Rogers
51973–1974 Thomas R. Pickering Henry Kissinger
61974–1976 George Stoney Springsteen Jr.
71976–1977 C. Arthur Borg
81977–1981 Peter Tarnoff Cyrus Vance, Edmund Muskie
91981–1983 L. Paul Bremer Alexander Haig, George Shultz
101983–1985 Charles Hill George Shultz
111985–1987 Nicholas Platt
121987–1989 Melvyn Levitsky
131989–1991 J. Stapleton Roy James Baker
141991–1993 W. Robert Pearson James Baker, Lawrence Eagleburger
151993–1994 Marc Isaiah Grossman Warren Christopher
161994–1996 Kenneth C. Brill
171996–1998 William J. Burns Warren Christopher, Madeleine Albright
181998–2001 Kristie Ann Kenney Madeleine Albright
192001–2002 Maura Ann Harty Colin Powell
202002–2005 Karl William Hofmann
212005–2007 Harry K. Thomas Jr. Condoleezza Rice
222007–2009 Daniel Bennett Smith
232009–2012 Stephen D. Mull Hillary Clinton
242012–2014 John R. Bass Hillary Clinton, John Kerry
252014–2017 Joseph E. Macmanus John Kerry
262017–2020 Lisa D. Kenna Rex Tillerson, Mike Pompeo
272021–2023 Kamala S. Lakhdhir Antony Blinken
282023-present Dereck J. Hogan

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References

  1. https://www.state.gov/biographies/dereck-j-hogan/ [ bare URL ]
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