Director of Policy Planning

Director of Policy Planning
Director of Policy Planning
	Seal of the United States Department of State
	Incumbent; Peter Berkowitz; since August 2019
Appointer	United States Secretary of State
Inaugural holder	George F. Kennan
Formation	1947
Website	https://www.state.gov/s/p/

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

2019 to Present: Peter Berkowitz - Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution^[3]
2018 to 2019: Kiron Skinner - Taube Professor of International Relations and Politics at Carnegie Mellon University^[4]
2017 to 2018: Brian H. Hook - former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
2015 to 2017: Jonathan Finer - also served as Chief of Staff to Secretary of State John Kerry
2013 to 2015: David McKean^[5] - Ambassador to Luxembourg
2011 to 2013: Jake Sullivan - former National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden.
2009 to 2011: Anne-Marie Slaughter - Return to Princeton University
2007 to 2009: David F. Gordon - Head of Research at Eurasia Group
2005 to 2007: Stephen D. Krasner - Professor of Political Science at Stanford University
2003 to 2005: Mitchell B. Reiss - President George W. Bush's envoy to Northern Ireland
2001 to 2003: Richard N. Haass - President of the Council on Foreign Relations
1998 to 2001: Morton H. Halperin - senior advisor to the Open Society Foundations^[6]
1997 to 1998: Gregory B. Craig - White House Counsel for President Barack Obama
1994 to 1996: James Steinberg - Deputy Secretary of State for Secretary Hillary Clinton
1993 to 1994: Samuel W. Lewis - Ambassador to Israel from 1977 to 1985
1989 to 1992: Dennis B. Ross - Middle East envoy for Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton
1986 to 1989: Richard H. Solomon - former president of the United States Institute of Peace^[7]
1984 to 1986: Peter W. Rodman - Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
1983 to 1984: Stephen W. Bosworth - Until May 2013, Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; former Ambassador to South Korea and Philippines
1981 to 1982: Paul D. Wolfowitz - former President of the World Bank; former Deputy Secretary of Defense
1977 to 1981: W. Anthony Lake - National Security Advisor for President Clinton
1973 to 1977: Winston Lord - President of the Council on Foreign Relations from 1977 to 1985; Ambassador to China from 1985 to 1989
1973: James S. Sutterlin - Inspector General of the Department of State
1969 to 1973: William I. Cargo - Ambassador to Nepal from 1973 to 1976
1966 to 1969: Henry David Owen - Ambassador-at-Large for President Carter
1961 to 1966: Walt Whitman Rostow - National Security Advisor for President Lyndon B. Johnson
1961: George C. McGhee - Ambassador at Large for President Lyndon B. Johnson
1957 to 1961: Gerard C. Smith - Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1968-1973; Medal of Freedom winner
1953 to 1957: Robert R. Bowie - founder of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs^[8]
1950 to 1953: Paul H. Nitze - United States Secretary of the Navy from 1963 to 1967; chief arms negotiator for President Ronald Reagan; Medal of Freedom winner
1947 to 1949: George F. Kennan - Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia; proponent of "containment" theory; Medal of Freedom winner

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.
^ "Peter Berkowitz". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
^ "Kiron Skinner". state.gov. Archived from the original on 2018-11-17.
^ State Department profile for David McKean
^ "Mort Halperin". www.opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
^ "In Memoriam: Richard H. Solomon". United States Institute of Peace. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
^ Rasmussen, Frederick (November 21, 2013). "Robert R. Bowie, foreign policy expert, dies at 104". Washington Post. Retrieved May 21, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links

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

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

[5] State Department profile for David McKean

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

[7] "In Memoriam: Richard H. Solomon". United States Institute of Peace. Retrieved 2020-05-21.

[8] Rasmussen, Frederick (November 21, 2013). "Robert R. Bowie, foreign policy expert, dies at 104". Washington Post. Retrieved May 21, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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