The assistant secretary of state for consular affairs is the head of the Bureau of Consular Affairs within the United States Department of State. The assistant secretary of state for consular affairs reports to the under secretary of state for management. From 1953 to 1977, the position was called Administrator of the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs. The bureau is "responsible for the welfare and protection of U.S. citizens abroad, for the issuance of passports and other documentation to citizens and nationals, and for the protection of U.S. border security and the facilitation of legitimate travel to the United States" as described by the bureau's website.
List of the assistant secretaries of state Security and consular affairs, 1953–77
#NameAssumed officeLeft officePresident(s) served under1R. W. Scott McLeodMarch 3, 1953March 9, 1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower2Roderic L. O'ConnorMay 28, 1957December 29, 19583John W. Hanes IIIJanuary 1, 1959October 4, 1962Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy4Abba P. SchwartzOctober 5, 1962March 6, 1966John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson5Barbara M. WatsonAugust 12, 1968December 31, 1974Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon6Leonard F. WalentynowiczJanuary 2, 1975March 7, 1977Gerald Ford
Consular affairs, 1977–present
#NameAssumed officeLeft officePresident(s) served under7Barbara M. WatsonApril 13, 1977August 17, 1980Jimmy Carter8Diego C. AsencioAugust 29, 1980November 21, 1983Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan9Joan M. ClarkDecember 22, 1983October 18, 1989Ronald Reagan10Elizabeth M. TamposiOctober 18, 1989November 10, 1992George H. W. Bush11Mary A. RyanMay 12, 1993September 30, 2002 Bill Clinton and George W. Bush12Maura HartyNovember 20, 2002February 29, 2008George W. Bush13Janice L. JacobsJune 10, 2008April 4, 2014George W. Bush and Barack Obama14Michele Thoren BondApril 4, 2014January 26, 2017Barack Obama and Donald Trump -David T. Donahue (acting)January 26, 2017August 11, 2017Donald Trump15Carl RischAugust 11, 2017December 22, 2020 -Mora Namdar (acting)December 22, 2020January 20, 2021 -Ian G. Brownlee (acting)January 20, 2021August 12, 2021Joe Biden16Rena BitterAugust 12, 2021January 20, 2025 -Julie Stufft (acting)January 20, 2025February 27, 2025Donald Trump -John Armstrong (acting)February 27, 2025December 22, 202517Mora NamdarDecember 22, 2025Present
References
External links Information about the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs by the State Department Historian Bureau of Consular Affairs Website