Daniel Bennett Smith

Daniel Bennett Smith
Daniel Bennett Smith
U.S. Chargé D'Affaires to India
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2021
Preceded by	Kenneth Juster
Acting United States Secretary of State
	In office; January 20, 2021 – January 26, 2021
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Mike Pompeo
Succeeded by	Antony Blinken
Director of Foreign Service Institute
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 26, 2018
President	Donald Trump; Joe Biden
Preceded by	Nancy McEldowney
Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
	In office; February 14, 2014 – October 23, 2018
President	Barack Obama ; Donald Trump
Preceded by	Philip Goldberg
Succeeded by	Ellen E. McCarthy
United States Ambassador to Greece
	In office; September 28, 2010 – August 5, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Daniel V. Speckhard
Succeeded by	David D. Pearce
Personal details
Born	March 6, 1956 (age 65); Redwood City, California, U.S.
Education	University of Colorado, Boulder (BA); Stanford University (MA, PhD)

Daniel Bennett Smith (born March 6, 1956) is an American diplomat serving as the director of the Foreign Service Institute who was acting United States Secretary of State. He has held the rank of career ambassador since September 2018.^[1] He previously served as Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research at the United States Department of State, assuming that post on April 24, 2014.^[2] He is considered a veteran diplomat by the U.S. diplomatic community.^[3]

Following the inauguration of Joe Biden, Smith was named acting secretary of state.^[4]

Early life and education[]

Smith obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Colorado Boulder, followed by a Master of Arts and PhD from Stanford University.^[2]^[5] His dissertation is entitled "Toward Internationalism: New Deal Foreign Economic Policy, 1933–39", and was completed in 1983.^[6]

Career[]

Under President Barack Obama, Smith served as the United States Ambassador to Greece from 2010 to 2013.^[7]

In 2018, Smith was selected to serve as the Director of the Foreign Service Institute.

In 2021, President Joe Biden selected Smith to serve as the acting secretary of state until his nominee for the position, Antony Blinken, was confirmed by the United States Senate.^[8] Antony Blinken was confirmed on January 26, 2021.^[9] On May 3, 2021, he was appointed as US envoy to India.

References[]

^ "Training center for U.S. diplomats gets a new director". Washington Post. October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Daniel B. Smith". United States Department of State.
^ Schwartz, Mattathias (February 26, 2019). "Mike Pompeo's Mission: Translate Trump to a Wary World". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
^ "New acting secretary of state is career diplomat". KOKH. Associated Press. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
^ "Class Notes – March 2011". The Alumni Association of the University of Colorado Boulder. March 1, 2011. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. After fulfilling his award-winning duties as a career officer in the Senior Foreign Service, Daniel Bennett Smith (Hist’77) has served as U.S. ambassador to Greece since September. Before this role, he served as executive secretary of the State Department.
^ Evans, Peter B.; Jacobson, Harold Karan; Putnam, Robert D., eds. (1993). Double-edged Diplomacy: International Bargaining and Domestic Politics. University of California Press. p. 202. ISBN 9780520076815. Daniel Bennett Smith stanford.
^ Office of the Historian. "Daniel Bennett Smith (1956–)". Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Greece) Appointed: August 8, 2010 Presentation of Credentials: September 28, 2010 Termination of Mission: Left post on August 5, 2013
^ "Daniel Smith appointed acting U.S. secretary of state". Reuters. January 20, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
^ Shesgreen, Deirdre (January 26, 2021). "Senate confirms Antony Blinken as Biden's secretary of state". USA Today. Retrieved January 26, 2021.

External links[]

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Preceded by Mike Pompeo	United States Secretary of State Acting 2021	Succeeded by Antony Blinken

[Training-1] "Training center for U.S. diplomats gets a new director". Washington Post. October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2018.

[DOSBIO-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Daniel B. Smith". United States Department of State.

[3] Schwartz, Mattathias (February 26, 2019). "Mike Pompeo's Mission: Translate Trump to a Wary World". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 26, 2019.

[4] "New acting secretary of state is career diplomat". KOKH. Associated Press. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.

[5] "Class Notes – March 2011". The Alumni Association of the University of Colorado Boulder. March 1, 2011. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. After fulfilling his award-winning duties as a career officer in the Senior Foreign Service, Daniel Bennett Smith (Hist’77) has served as U.S. ambassador to Greece since September. Before this role, he served as executive secretary of the State Department.

[6] Evans, Peter B.; Jacobson, Harold Karan; Putnam, Robert D., eds. (1993). Double-edged Diplomacy: International Bargaining and Domestic Politics. University of California Press. p. 202. ISBN 9780520076815. Daniel Bennett Smith stanford.

[7] Office of the Historian. "Daniel Bennett Smith (1956–)". Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Greece) Appointed: August 8, 2010 Presentation of Credentials: September 28, 2010 Termination of Mission: Left post on August 5, 2013

[8] "Daniel Smith appointed acting U.S. secretary of state". Reuters. January 20, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

[9] Shesgreen, Deirdre (January 26, 2021). "Senate confirms Antony Blinken as Biden's secretary of state". USA Today. Retrieved January 26, 2021.

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Daniel Bennett Smith


U.S. Chargé D'Affaires to India
Incumbent
Assumed office 2021
Preceded by	Kenneth Juster
Acting United States Secretary of State
In office January 20, 2021 – January 26, 2021
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Mike Pompeo
Succeeded by	Antony Blinken
Director of Foreign Service Institute
Incumbent
Assumed office October 26, 2018
President	Donald Trump Joe Biden
Preceded by	Nancy McEldowney
Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
In office February 14, 2014 – October 23, 2018
President	Barack Obama Donald Trump
Preceded by	Philip Goldberg
Succeeded by	Ellen E. McCarthy
United States Ambassador to Greece
In office September 28, 2010 – August 5, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Daniel V. Speckhard
Succeeded by	David D. Pearce

Personal details
Born	(1956-03-06) March 6, 1956 (age 65) Redwood City, California, U.S.
Education	University of Colorado, Boulder (BA) Stanford University (MA, PhD)