Spokesperson for the United States Department of State

The spokesperson for the United States Department of State is a U.S. government official whose primary responsibility is to serve as the spokesperson for the United States Department of State and the U.S. government's foreign policies. The position is located in the Bureau of Global Public Affairs.

Historically, the State Department spokesperson also served as the assistant secretary of state for public affairs. However, this has not been the case since Philip J. Crowley's tenure ended in 2011. Since that time, the assistant secretary and the spokesperson have been two separate positions. (In late 2015, the two roles were briefly merged once againwith the appointment of spokesperson John Kirby as assistant secretary for public affairs.)

Responsibilities The State Department spokesperson is responsible for communicating the foreign policy of the United States to American and foreign media, typically in a daily press briefing. The daily press briefing typically includes a summary of the secretary of state's schedule, any upcoming trips by the secretary, the president of the United States, or other distinguished State Department officials including under secretaries and assistant secretaries, and official reactions and positions of the U.S. government on news of the day, followed by Q&A with journalists attending the briefing. A tradition that began during the tenure of John Foster Dulles as secretary of state in the 1950s, the daily press briefing is on-the-record, and is recorded and made available on the State Department's website.

The State Department spokesperson will also often accompany the secretary of state on travel to assist with press conferences.

List of spokespeople

#SpokespersonTenurePresidentSecretary of State1Michael J. McDermott1927–1945Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. TrumanFrank B. Kellogg, Henry L. Stimson, Cordell Hull, Edward Stettinius, Jr.2Roger Tubby1945–1948Harry S. TrumanJames F. Byrnes, George C. Marshall3Lincoln White1955–1963Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. KennedyJohn Foster Dulles, Christian Herter, Dean Rusk4Robert J. McCloskey1964–1973Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard NixonDean Rusk, William P. Rogers5Carl E. Bartch1966–19706Robert Anderson1974–1976Gerald FordHenry Kissinger7Hodding Carter III1977–1980Jimmy CarterCyrus Vance8William J. Dyess1980–1981Edmund Muskie9Dean E. Fischer1981–1982Ronald ReaganAlexander Haig10Robert John Hughes1982–1985George P. Shultz11Bernard Kalb1985–198612Charles Edgar Redman1986–198913Margaret D. Tutwiler1989–1992George H. W. BushJames Baker14Richard Boucher1992–1993Lawrence Eagleburger15Mike McCurry1993–1995Bill ClintonWarren Christopher16R. Nicholas Burns1995–199717James Rubin1997–2000Madeleine Albright18Richard Boucher2001–2005George W. BushColin Powell19Sean McCormack2005–2009Condoleezza Rice20Ian C. Kelly2009–2010Barack ObamaHillary Clinton21Philip J. Crowley2010–201122Victoria Nuland2011–201323Jen Psaki2013–2015John Kerry24Marie Harf201525John Kirby2015–201726Mark Toner2017Donald TrumpRex Tillerson27Heather Nauert2017–2019Rex Tillerson, Mike Pompeo28Morgan Ortagus2019–2021Mike Pompeo29Ned Price2021–2023Joe BidenAntony Blinken30Matthew Miller2023–202531Tammy Bruce2025Donald TrumpMarco Rubio32Tommy Pigott2026–

References

External links Daily Press Briefings at the U.S. State Department