The assistant secretary of state for administration is the head of the Bureau of Administration in the United States Department of State. The assistant secretary of state for administration reports to the under secretary of state for management.
List of assistant secretaries of state for administration, 1945—present
NameAssumed officeLeft officePresident appointed byJulius C. HolmesJanuary 29, 1945August 17, 1945Franklin D. RooseveltFrank McCarthySeptember 1, 1945October 11, 1945Harry TrumanDonald S. RussellSeptember 24, 1945January 20, 1947John PeurifoyMarch 17, 1947August 10, 1950Carlisle H. HumelsineAugust 11, 1950February 13, 1953Edward T. WailesMay 29, 1953June 22, 1954Dwight D. EisenhowerIsaac W. Carpenter, Jr.June 23, 1954January 25, 1955Loy W. HendersonJanuary 26, 1955August 9, 1955Isaac W. Carpenter, Jr.August 11, 1955December 15, 1957Walter K. ScottMarch 21, 1958July 22, 1959Lane DwinellJuly 23, 1959February 3, 1961William J. CrockettFebruary 23, 1961June 7, 1963John F. KennedyDwight J. PorterOctober 2, 1963March 28, 1965Lyndon B. JohnsonFrancis G. MeyerSeptember 26, 1969May 31, 1971Richard NixonJoseph F. Donelan, Jr.June 14, 1971March 31, 1973Richard NixonJohn M. ThomasNovember 23, 1973June 28, 1979Thomas M. TracySeptember 25, 1979August 30, 1983Jimmy CarterRobert E. LambDecember 19, 1983July 1, 1985Ronald ReaganDonald J. BouchardDecember 12, 1985November 30, 1987Sheldon J. KrysJuly 13, 1988August 7, 1989Arthur W. FortAugust 9, 1989January 8, 1993George H. W. BushPatrick F. KennedyMay 20, 1993July 13, 2001Bill ClintonWilliam A. EatonJuly 13, 2001May 25, 2005George W. BushRajkumar ChellarajJune 5, 2006January 20, 2009Joyce Anne BarrDecember 17, 2011January 26, 2017Barack ObamaDonald TrumpHarry Mahar (acting)January 27, 2017December 8, 2017Donald TrumpNicole R. NasonDecember 8, 2017March 11, 2019John W. Dinkelman (acting)March 12, 2019August 20, 2019Carrie CabelkaAugust 20, 2019January 20, 2021John W. Dinkelman (acting)January 20, 2021December 6, 2021Joe BidenAlaina B. TeplitzDecember 6, 2021January 20, 2025 Mark Biedlingmaier (acting)January 20, 2025March 24, 2025Donald TrumpJosé CunninghamMarch 24, 2025Incumbent
References
Profile from State Department Historian Official website