Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs

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.[2]

United States
Assistant Secretary of State for
Economic and Business Affairs
Seal of the United States Department of State
Flag of an Assistant Secretary of State
Incumbent
Amy Holman
(Acting)
since June 28, 2024[1]
Reports toUnder Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
NominatorPresident of the United States
Inaugural holderWillard Long Thorp
Formation1944
WebsiteOfficial website

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."[3]

Assistant Secretaries of State for Economic and Business Affairs

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# Name Assumed office Left office President(s) served under
1 Willard Thorp 1946 1952 Harry S. Truman
2 Harold F. Linder 1952 1953
3 Samuel C. Waugh 1953 1955 Dwight D. Eisenhower
4 Thorsten V. Kalijarvi 1957 1957
5 Thomas C. Mann 1957 1960
6 Edwin M. Martin 1960 1962 Dwight D. Eisenhower/John F. Kennedy
7 Gove Griffith Johnson Jr. 1962 1965 John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson
8 Anthony M. Solomon 1965 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson
9 Philip H. Trezise 1969 1971 Richard Nixon
10 Willis Coburn Armstrong 1972 1974
11 Thomas O. Enders 1974 1975 Gerald Ford
12 Joseph A. Greenwald 1976 1976
13 Julius Katz 1976 1979 Gerald Ford/Jimmy Carter
14 Deane R. Hinton 1979 1981 Jimmy Carter
15 Robert Hormats 1981 1982 Ronald Reagan
16 Richard T. McCormack 1983 1985
17 Douglas W. McMinn 1985 1987
18 Eugene J. McAllister 1988 1992 Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush
19 Daniel Tarullo 1993 1996 Bill Clinton
20 Alan Larson 1996 1999
21 Earl Anthony Wayne June 1, 2000 June 3, 2006 George W. Bush
22 Daniel S. Sullivan June 6, 2006 January 1, 2009
23 Jose W. Fernandez December 2, 2009 October 2, 2013 Barack Obama
24 Charles Rivkin February 13, 2014 January 20, 2017
- Patricia M. Haslach (acting) January 20, 2017 September 1, 2017 Donald Trump
25 Manisha Singh November 22, 2017 January 20, 2021
- Peter D. Haas (acting)[4] January 20, 2021 August 27, 2021 Joe Biden
- Matt Murray (Senior Bureau Official)[5] August 28, 2021 January 24, 2022
26 Ramin Toloui January 24, 2022 June 28, 2024
- Amy Holman (Acting) June 28, 2024 Incumbent

References

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  1. ^ "Amy Holman".
  2. ^ "Assistant Secretaries of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs". Department History. Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  3. ^ "Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  4. ^ "Peter Haas - Official Biography". US State Department.
  5. ^ "Matt Murray - Official Biography". US State Department.