Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State

Executive Secretary of the
United States Department of State
Executive Secretary of the; United States Department of State
	Seal of the United States Department of State
	Incumbent; Dereck J. Hogan; since August 7, 2023
Appointer	Secretary
Inaugural holder	Lucius Durham Battle
Formation	1961
Website	Official website

The Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State is the Director of the Executive Secretariat. The position holds a rank equivalent to an Assistant Secretary.^[2]^[3] Each Executive Secretary is appointed by the Secretary of State.^[2]

The Executive Secretary serves as the liaison and the clearinghouse between the State Department’s bureaus and the leadership offices of the Secretary, the Deputy Secretaries, and the Director of Policy Planning. The Executive Secretary also manages relations between the State Department and the White House, the National Security Council, and other cabinet-level agencies.^[4] As the head of the Executive Secretariat, the Executive Secretary also manages the State Department's Operations Center and prepares briefing papers about the Department during transitions between presidential administrations.^[2]

List of Executive Secretaries

#	Tenure	Executive Secretary	Secretary of State
1	1961–1962	Lucius Durham Battle	Dean Rusk
2	1962–1963	William H. Brubeck
3	1963–1969	Benjamin Huger Read
4	1969–1973	Theodore Lyman Eliot Jr.	William P. Rogers
5	1973–1974	Thomas R. Pickering	Henry Kissinger
6	1974–1976	George Stoney Springsteen Jr.
7	1976–1977	C. Arthur Borg
8	1977–1981	Peter Tarnoff	Cyrus Vance, Edmund Muskie
9	1981–1983	L. Paul Bremer	Alexander Haig, George Shultz
10	1983–1985	Charles Hill	George Shultz
11	1985–1987	Nicholas Platt
12	1987–1989	Melvyn Levitsky
13	1989–1991	J. Stapleton Roy	James Baker
14	1991–1993	W. Robert Pearson	James Baker, Lawrence Eagleburger
15	1993–1994	Marc Isaiah Grossman	Warren Christopher
16	1994–1996	Kenneth C. Brill	Warren Christopher
17	1996–1998	William J. Burns	Warren Christopher, Madeleine Albright
18	1998–2001	Kristie Ann Kenney	Madeleine Albright
19	2001–2002	Maura Ann Harty	Colin Powell
20	2002–2005	Karl William Hofmann	Colin Powell
21	2005–2007	Harry K. Thomas Jr.	Condoleezza Rice
22	2007–2009	Daniel Bennett Smith	Condoleezza Rice
23	2009–2012	Stephen D. Mull	Hillary Clinton
24	2012–2014	John R. Bass	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry
25	2014–2017	Joseph E. Macmanus	John Kerry
26	2017–2020	Lisa D. Kenna	Rex Tillerson, Mike Pompeo
27	2021–2023	Kamala S. Lakhdhir	Antony Blinken
28	2023-present	Dereck J. Hogan	Antony Blinken

References

^ "Dereck J. Hogan".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Executive Secretary". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
^ "Assistant Secretaries and Equivalent Rank". U.S. Department of State. January 20, 2009. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
^ "State Department gets new executive secretary". Foreign Policy. October 9, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2015.

External links

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[1] "Dereck J. Hogan".

[Historian-2] "Executive Secretary". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved December 4, 2015.

[3] "Assistant Secretaries and Equivalent Rank". U.S. Department of State. January 20, 2009. Retrieved December 5, 2015.

[4] "State Department gets new executive secretary". Foreign Policy. October 9, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2015.

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v t e 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 Director, Office of Management Strategy and Solutions
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)