Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs

United States
Assistant Secretary of State
for Educational and Cultural Affairs
Seal of the United States Department of State
Flag of an Assistant Secretary of State
since November 23, 2021
Reports toThe Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
NominatorThe President of the United States
Inaugural holderPhilip Hall Coombs
Formation1961
Websiteeca.state.gov

The Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, a bureau within the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs reports to the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.

Assistant Secretaries of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 1961—present

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Note: the post had been abolished from 1978 to 1999. In 1978 the Bureau was abolished and its functions transferred to the International Communications Agency (subsequently the United States Information Agency) under Reorganization Plan No. 2 (91 Stat. 1637). On October 1, 1999, pursuant to the integration of the U.S. Information Agency into the Department of State this position was revived.

# Name Assumed office Left office President(s) served under
1 Philip Hall Coombs March 23, 1961 June 4, 1962 John F. Kennedy
2 Lucius D. Battle June 5, 1962 August 20, 1964 John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
3 Harry McPherson August 23, 1964 August 14, 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson
4 Charles Frankel September 15, 1965 December 31, 1967
5 Edward D. Re February 28, 1968 January 9, 1969
6 John Richardson Jr. July 15, 1969 March 7, 1977 Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
7 Joseph D. Duffey April 8, 1977 March 21, 1978 Jimmy Carter
8 Alice Stone Ilchman March 22, 1978 March 31, 1978
- Position abolished
9 William B. Bader November 18, 1999 January 20, 2001 Bill Clinton
10 Patricia Harrison October 2, 2001 July 1, 2005 George W. Bush
11 Dina Powell July 11, 2005 June 7, 2007
12 Goli Ameri March 19, 2008 January 20, 2009
13 Ann Stock June 23, 2010 August 16, 2013 Barack Obama
14 Evan Ryan September 26, 2013 January 6, 2017
- Mark Taplin (acting) January 2017 August 2017 Donald Trump
- Jennifer Zimdahl Galt (acting) November 13, 2017 March 29, 2018
15 Marie Royce[1] March 30, 2018[2] January 20, 2021
- Matthew Lussenhop (acting) January 20, 2021 November 22, 2021 Joe Biden
16 Lee Satterfield November 23, 2021 present

References

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  1. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Key Additions to his Administration". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved January 10, 2017 – via National Archives.
  2. ^ "Marie Royce". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on April 21, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
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