The assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs is the head of the Bureau of Legislative Affairs within the United States Department of State.
List of assistant secretaries of state for legislative affairs #NameAssumed officeLeft officePresident served under1Dean AchesonDecember 20, 1944August 15, 1945Franklin D. Roosevelt2Ernest A. GrossMarch 4, 1949October 13, 1949 Harry S. Truman3Jack K. McFallOctober 15, 1949September 9, 19524Thruston Ballard MortonJanuary 30, 1953February 29, 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower5Robert C. HillMarch 9, 1956June 26, 19576William B. Macomber Jr.October 21, 1957February 27, 19617Brooks HaysFebruary 28, 1961December 3, 1961John F. Kennedy8Fred DuttonDecember 4, 1961Commissioned during a Senate recess; after confirmation, he was re-commissioned on January 30, 1962.July 27, 1964John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson9Douglas MacArthur IIMarch 14, 1965March 6, 1967 Lyndon B. Johnson10William B. Macomber Jr.March 7, 1967October 2, 196911David Manker AbshireApril 20, 1970January 8, 1973 Richard Nixon12Marshall WrightMay 29, 1973February 2, 197413A. Linwood HoltonFebruary 28, 1974January 31, 1975Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford14Robert J. McCloskeyFebruary 21, 1975September 10, 1976Gerald Ford15Douglas J. BennetMarch 18, 1977August 2, 1979 Jimmy Carter16J. Brian AtwoodAugust 3, 1979January 14, 198117Richard M. FairbanksMarch 6, 1981January 26, 1982 Ronald Reagan18Powell A. MooreFebruary 8, 1982August 5, 198319W. Tapley Bennett Jr.November 17, 1983January 4, 198520William L. BallApril 2, 1985February 28, 198621J. Edward FoxJune 18, 1986February 21, 198922Janet G. MullinsMarch 2, 1989August 23, 1992George H. W. Bush23Wendy ShermanMay 12, 1993March 29, 1996 Bill Clinton24Barbara Mills LarkinJuly 19, 1996January 19, 200125Paul Vincent KellyJune 1, 2001January 24, 2005 George W. Bush26Jeffrey BergnerNovember 9, 2005June 27, 200827Matthew A. ReynoldsOctober 7, 2008January 20, 200928Richard VermaApril 6, 2009March 14, 2011 Barack Obama -Joseph Macmanus (acting)March 14, 2011August 4, 201129David S. AdamsAugust 4, 2011June 18, 201330Julia FrifieldOctober 21, 2013January 20, 2017 -Joseph Macmanus (acting)January 20, 2017December 20, 2017 Donald Trump31Mary Kirtley WatersDecember 20, 2017August 31, 201832Mary Elizabeth TaylorOctober 1, 2018July 3, 2020https://2017-2021.state.gov/people/mary-elizabeth-taylor/ -Ryan M. Kaldahl (acting)July 3, 2020January 20, 2021 -Naz Durakoğlu (acting)January 20, 2021July 22, 2022 Joe Biden33Naz DurakoğluJuly 22, 2022December 20, 2024 -Philip Laidlaw (acting)December 20, 2024February 1, 2025 Joe BidenDonald Trump -Paul D. Guaglianone (acting)February 1, 2025June 23, 2026Donald Trump -Kaitlyn Wolfe (acting)June 23, 2026September 1, 202634Katherine BowlesSeptember 1, 2026Present
References
External links List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Legislative Affairs by the State Department Historian Bureau of Legislative Affairs Website