Director of Policy Planning

Director of Policy Planning
	Seal of the United States Department of State
	Incumbent; Salman Ahmed; since January 20, 2021
Appointer	United States Secretary of State
Inaugural holder	George F. Kennan
Formation	1947
Website	https://www.state.gov/about-us-policy-planning-staff/

The Director of Policy Planning is the United States Department of State official in charge of the department's internal think tank, the Policy Planning Staff. In the department, the Director of Policy Planning has a rank equivalent to Assistant Secretary.[1][2] The position has traditionally been held by many members of the U.S. foreign policy establishment. Former Directors of Policy Planning include two National Security Advisors, a President of the World Bank, and several presidents of the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations.

Directors of Policy Planning


Name	Assumed Office	Left Office	President appointed by
George F. Kennan	1947	1949	Harry S. Truman
Paul Nitze	1950	1953	Harry S. Truman
Robert R. Bowie	1953	1957	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gerard C. Smith	1957	1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower
George C. McGhee	1961	1961	John F. Kennedy
Walt Whitman Rostow	1961	1966	John F. Kennedy
Henry David Owen	1966	1969	Lyndon B. Johnson
William I. Cargo	1969	1973	Richard Nixon
James S. Sutterlin	1973	1973	Richard Nixon
Winston Lord	1973	1977	Gerald Ford
Anthony Lake	1977	1981	Jimmy Carter
Paul Wolfowitz	1981	1982	Ronald Reagan
Stephen W. Bosworth	1983	1984
Peter W. Rodman	1984	1986
Richard H. Solomon	1986	1989
Dennis B. Ross	1989	1992	George H. W. Bush
Samuel W. Lewis	1993	1994	Bill Clinton
James Steinberg	1994	1996
Gregory B. Craig	1997	1999
Morton Halperin[3]	1998	2001
Richard N. Haass	2001	2003	George W. Bush
Mitchell Reiss	2003	2005
Stephen D. Krasner	2005	2007
David F. Gordon	2007	2009
Anne-Marie Slaughter	2009	2011	Barack Obama
Jake Sullivan	2011	2013
David McKean[4]	2013	2015
Jonathan Finer	2015	2017
Brian Hook	2017	2018	Donald Trump
Kiron Skinner[5]	2018	2019
Peter Berkowitz[6]	2019	2021
Salman Ahmed	2021	present	Joe Biden

References

"Assistant Secretaries and Equivalent Rank". U.S. Department of State. January 20, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
"Department Organization Chart". U.S. Department of State. March 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
"Mort Halperin". www.opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
State Department profile for David McKean
"Kiron Skinner". state.gov. Archived from the original on 2018-11-17.
"Peter Berkowitz". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2019-11-03.

External links

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[1] "Assistant Secretaries and Equivalent Rank". U.S. Department of State. January 20, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2015.

[2] "Department Organization Chart". U.S. Department of State. March 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2015.

[3] "Mort Halperin". www.opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved 2020-05-21.

[4] State Department profile for David McKean

[5] "Kiron Skinner". state.gov. Archived from the original on 2018-11-17.

[6] "Peter Berkowitz". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2019-11-03.

United States Assistant Secretaries of State (and Equivalent Ranks)
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs	African Affairs East Asian and Pacific Affairs European and Eurasian Affairs International Organization Affairs Near Eastern Affairs South and Central Asian Affairs Western Hemisphere Affairs
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment	Economic and Business Affairs Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Energy Resources Chief Economist of the Department
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security	Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance International Security and Nonproliferation Political-Military Affairs
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs	Educational and Cultural Affairs Global Public Affairs
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Management	Administration Consular Affairs Diplomatic Security Chief Information Officer of the Department Chief Medical Officer and Designated Agency Safety and Health Official Comptroller of the Department and Director of Global Financial Services Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Global Talent Director of Budget and Planning Director of Overseas Buildings Operations Director, Foreign Service Institute Director, Office of Foreign Missions, with the rank of Ambassador
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights	Conflict and Stabilization Operations Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with rank and status of Ambassador-at-Large Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Population, Refugees, and Migration Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (Ambassador-at-Large) Global Criminal Justice (Ambassador-at-Large)
Reporting directly to the Secretary	Intelligence and Research Legislative Affairs Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department Inspector General Legal Adviser Director, Policy Planning Staff Director, Office of Foreign Assistance Director, Office of Civil Rights and Chief Diversity Officer Chief of Protocol of the United States, with the rank of Ambassador Global Women's Issues (Ambassador-at-Large) Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally (Ambassador-at-Large)