The Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs is an office in the United States Department of State responsible for managing the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs. It was known as the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from December 1944 to September 15, 1972.
The purpose of the bureau is to "[promote] a strong American economy by leveling the playing field for American companies doing business in global markets, attracting foreign investors to create jobs in America, and deploying economic tools to deny financing to terrorists, human rights abusers, and corrupt officials."
Assistant Secretaries of State for Economic and Business Affairs #NameAssumed officeLeft officePresident(s) served under1Willard Thorp19461952Harry S. Truman2Harold F. Linder195219533Samuel C. Waugh19531955Dwight D. Eisenhower4Thorsten V. Kalijarvi195719575Thomas C. Mann195719606Edwin M. Martin19601962Dwight D. Eisenhower/John F. Kennedy7Gove Griffith Johnson Jr.19621965John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson8Anthony M. Solomon19651969Lyndon B. Johnson9Philip H. Trezise19691971Richard Nixon10Willis Coburn Armstrong1972197411Thomas O. Enders19741975Gerald Ford12Joseph A. Greenwald1976197613Julius Katz19761979Gerald Ford/Jimmy Carter14Deane R. Hinton19791981Jimmy Carter15Robert Hormats19811982Ronald Reagan16Richard T. McCormack19831985 17Douglas W. McMinn19851987 18Eugene J. McAllister19881992Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush19Daniel Tarullo19931996Bill Clinton20Alan Larson1996199921Earl Anthony WayneJune 1, 2000June 3, 2006George W. Bush22Daniel S. SullivanJune 6, 2006January 1, 200923Jose W. FernandezDecember 2, 2009October 2, 2013Barack Obama24Charles RivkinFebruary 13, 2014January 20, 2017 -Patricia M. Haslach (acting)January 20, 2017September 1, 2017Donald Trump25Manisha SinghNovember 22, 2017January 20, 2021 -Peter D. Haas (acting)January 20, 2021August 27, 2021Joe Biden -Matt Murray (Senior Bureau Official)August 28, 2021January 24, 202226Ramin TolouiJanuary 24, 2022June 28, 2024 -Amy Holman (Acting)June 28, 2024June 20, 2025Joe BidenDonald Trump27Caleb OrrNovember 12, 2025August 31, 2026Donald Trump -Hugo Yue-Ho Yon (Acting)September 1, 2026Present
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External links Official Website 2009-2017 Website