Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs

The Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs is the head of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs within the United States Department of State that creates and executes policy in international organizations such as the United Nations.[2] The U.S. Department of State created the position of Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs in February 1949, using one of the six Assistant secretary positions originally authorized by Congress in 1944. On August 25, 1954, a Department administrative action changed the incumbent's designation to Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. The current head of the Bureau is Pamela D. Pryor, who first served as Acting Assistant Secretary and currently as the Senior Bureau Official.[3][4]

United States
Assistant Secretary of State
for International Organization Affairs
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Erica Barks-Ruggles[1]
Senior Bureau Official

since January 20, 2021
Reports toUnder Secretary of State for Political Affairs
NominatorPresident of the United States
Inaugural holderDean Acheson
Formation1944
WebsiteOfficial Website


Assistant Secretaries of State for International Organization Affairs

Term started Term ended Officeholder
December 20, 1944 August 15, 1945 Dean Acheson
Feb 8, 1949 May 26, 1949 Dean Rusk
Jun 24, 1949 Jul 27, 1953 John D. Hickerson
Mar 20, 1953 Nov 30, 1953 Robert D. Murphy
Dec 4, 1953 Jul 31, 1955 David McK. Key
Jul 28, 1955 Jan 20, 1961 Francis O. Wilcox
Feb 20, 1961 Sep 8, 1965 Harlan Cleveland
Sep 1, 1965 Feb 9, 1969 Joseph John Sisco
Feb 7, 1969 Jun 20, 1973 Samuel De Palma
Jul 12, 1973 Jan 2, 1974 David H. Popper
Dec 19, 1973 Dec 18, 1975 William B. Buffum
Dec 22, 1975 Apr 13, 1977 Samuel W. Lewis
Apr 7, 1977 Apr 9, 1980 Charles W. Maynes
Jun 5, 1980 Jan 21, 1981 Richard Lee McCall, Jr.
May 7, 1981 Dec 1, 1981 Elliott Abrams
May 28, 1982 Nov 12, 1985 Gregory J. Newell
Nov 6, 1985 Nov 17, 1987 Alan L. Keyes
Feb 5, 1988 Mar 19, 1989 Richard S. Williamson
May 5, 1989 Jan 19, 1993 John R. Bolton
May 25, 1993 May 31, 1995 Douglas J. Bennet, Jr.
Mar 18, 1997 Oct 22, 1998 Princeton N. Lyman
Oct 22, 1998 Nov 19, 2002 C. David Welch
Nov 19, 2002 May 1, 2005 Kim Holmes
Aug 2, 2005 June 27, 2008 Kristen Silverberg
Oct 3, 2008 January 20, 2009 Brian H. Hook
April 2, 2009 June 3, 2013 Esther Brimmer
September 19, 2014 January 20, 2017 Bathsheba N. Crocker
January 20, 2017 October 2017 Tracey Ann Jacobson (acting)
December 12, 2017 March 2018 Mary Catherine Phee (acting)
March 26, 2018 November 29, 2019 Kevin Moley
November 29, 2019 March 1, 2020 Jonathan Moore (acting)
March 2, 2020 Present Pamela D. Pryor (initially acting, later as Senior Bureau Official)[3][4]

References

  1. https://www.state.gov/biographies/erica-barks-ruggles/
  2. "Assistant Secretaries of State for International Organization Affairs". Retrieved September 21, 2007.
  3. "Pamela D. Pryor". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  4. "Pamela D. Pryor". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
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