The assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research is the head of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) within the United States Department of State. Before 1986, the head of INR was the director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. The assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research reports to the deputy secretary of state.
List of officeholders The office of "Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research" was renamed "Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research" on August 18, 1986.
Directors of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, 1957–1986 #NameAssumed officeLeft officePresident served under1Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.October 10, 1957February 19, 1961Dwight D. Eisenhower2Roger HilsmanFebruary 19, 1961April 25, 1963John F. Kennedy3Thomas Lowe HughesApril 28, 1963August 25, 1969John F. KennedyLyndon B. Johnson4Ray S. ClineOctober 26, 1969November 24, 1973Richard Nixon5William G. HylandJanuary 21, 1974November 24, 1975Richard NixonGerald Ford6Harold H. SaundersDecember 1, 1975April 10, 1978Gerald FordJimmy Carter7William G. BowdlerApril 24, 1978December 17, 1979Jimmy Carter8Ronald I. SpiersJanuary 28, 1980October 4, 1981Jimmy Carter9Hugh MontgomeryOctober 19, 1981January 6, 1985Ronald Reagan10Morton I. AbramowitzFebruary 1, 1985May 19, 1989Ronald Reagan
Assistant secretaries of state for intelligence and research, 1986–present #NameAssumed officeLeft officePresident served under10Morton I. AbramowitzFebruary 1, 1985May 19, 1989Ronald Reagan11Douglas P. MulhollandJune 9, 1989January 19, 1993George H. W. Bush12Toby T. GatiNovember 5, 1993May 31, 1997Bill Clinton13Phyllis E. OakleyNovember 10, 1997August 2, 1999 Bill Clinton14J. Stapleton RoyNovember 19, 1999January 13, 2001Bill Clinton15Carl W. Ford Jr.June 1, 2001October 3, 2003George W. Bush16Thomas FingarJuly 22, 2004June 13, 2005George W. Bush17Randall M. FortNovember 9, 2006January 9, 2009George W. Bush18Philip S. GoldbergFebruary 9, 2010February 14, 2014Barack Obama19Daniel B. SmithDepartment of State: Daniel B. SmithFebruary 14, 2014October 23, 2018Barack ObamaDonald Trump20Ellen E. McCarthyJanuary 22, 2019January 20, 2021Donald Trump -Kin W. Moy (Acting)January 20, 2021June 15, 2021Joe Biden -Annette L. Redmond (Senior Bureau Official)June 15, 2021September 15, 2021Joe Biden21Brett M. Holmgren September 15, 2021July 5, 2024Joe Biden -Lisa D. Kenna (Acting)July 5, 2024January 20, 2025Joe Biden -Leila Gardner (Acting)January 20, 2025February 3, 2025Donald Trump -Donald Blome (Acting)February 3, 2025August 17, 2026Donald Trump22Michael Vance August 17, 2026IncumbentDonald Trump
References
External links List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Intelligence and Research by the State Department Historian Bureau of Intelligence and Research Website