Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
United States Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs | |
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Reports to | Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment |
Nominator | President of the United States |
Inaugural holder | Willard Long Thorp |
Formation | 1944 |
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.[1]
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."[2]
Assistant Secretaries of State for Economic and Business Affairs[]
Name | Assumed office | Left office | President(s) served under |
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Willard Long Thorp | 1946 | 1952 | Harry S. Truman |
Harold Francis Linder | 1952 | 1953 | |
Samuel Clark Waugh | 1953 | 1955 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Thorsten Valentine Kalijarvi | 1957 | 1957 | |
Thomas Clifton Mann | 1957 | 1960 | |
Edwin McCammon Martin | 1960 | 1962 | Dwight D. Eisenhower/John F. Kennedy |
1962 | 1965 | John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson | |
Anthony Morton Solomon | 1965 | 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
1969 | 1971 | Richard Nixon | |
1972 | 1974 | ||
Thomas Ostrom Enders | 1974 | 1975 | Gerald Ford |
1976 | 1976 | ||
1976 | 1979 | Gerald Ford/Jimmy Carter | |
Deane Roesch Hinton | 1979 | 1981 | Jimmy Carter |
1981 | 1982 | Ronald Reagan | |
Richard T. McCormack | 1983 | 1985 | |
1985 | 1987 | ||
1988 | 1992 | Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush | |
Daniel K. Tarullo | 1993 | 1996 | Bill Clinton |
Alan Philip Larson | 1996 | 1999 | |
Earl Anthony Wayne | June 1, 2000 | June 3, 2006 | George W. Bush |
Daniel S. Sullivan | June 6, 2006 | January 1, 2009 | |
Jose W. Fernandez | December 2, 2009 | October 2, 2013 | Barack Obama |
Charles Rivkin | February 13, 2014 | January 20, 2017 | |
Patricia M. Haslach (acting) | January 21, 2017 | September 1, 2017 | Donald Trump |
Manisha Singh | November 22, 2017 | January 20, 2021 | |
Peter D. Haas (acting)[3] | January 20, 2021 | August 27, 2021 | Joe Biden |
Matt Murray (Senior Bureau Official)[4] | August 28, 2021 | January 24, 2022 | |
Ramin Toloui | January 24, 2022 | Incumbent |
References[]
- ^ "Assistant Secretaries of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs". Department History. Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
- ^ "Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs". U.S Department of State. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
- ^ "Peter Haas".
- ^ "Matt Murray".
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