Below is a list of Donald Trump's appointments to the Department of State.
KeyAppointees serving in offices that did not require Senate confirmation.Appointees confirmed by the Senate.Appointees awaiting Senate confirmation.Appointees serving in an acting capacity.Appointees who have left office or offices which have been disbanded.Nominees who were withdrawn prior to being confirmed or assuming office.
Appointments (first administration) Office Nominee Assumed office Left office Secretary of State Mike Pompeo April 26, 2018 Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun December 21, 2019 Director General of the Foreign Service Carol Z. Perez February 1, 2019 Legal Adviser of the Department of State Marik String June 1, 2019 Under Secretary of State(Arms Control and International Security Affairs)Christopher Ford October 21, 2019 January 8, 2021Under Secretary of State(Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment)Keith J. KrachJune 21, 2019Under Secretary of State(Management)Brian BulataoMay 17, 2019Under Secretary of State(Political Affairs)David HaleAugust 30, 2018Assistant Secretary of State(African Affairs)Tibor P. NagyJuly 23, 2018Assistant Secretary of State(Conflict and Stabilization Operations)Denise NataliOctober 18, 2018December 22, 2020Alexander AldenDecember 22, 2020Assistant Secretary of State(Consular Affairs)Carl RischAugust 11, 2017December 22, 2020Assistant Secretary of State(Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor)Robert DestroSeptember 23, 2019Assistant Secretary of State(Diplomatic Security)Michael EvanoffNovember 3, 2017July 24, 2020Assistant Secretary of State(East Asian and Pacific Affairs)David StilwellJune 20, 2019Assistant Secretary of State(Economic and Business Affairs)Manisha SinghNovember 22, 2017Assistant Secretary of State(Educational and Cultural Affairs)Marie RoyceMarch 30, 2018Assistant Secretary of State(Energy Resources)Frank FannonMay 29, 2018Assistant Secretary of State(Intelligence and Research)Ellen E. McCarthyJanuary 22, 2019Assistant Secretary of State(International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs)Kirsten MadisonMay 11, 2018Assistant Secretary of State(International Organization Affairs)Jonathan M. MooreNovember 29, 2019March 1, 2020Assistant Secretary of State(International Security and Nonproliferation)Christopher Ashley FordJanuary 9, 2018January 8, 2021Assistant Secretary of State(Near Eastern Affairs)David SchenkerJune 14, 2019Assistant Secretary of State(Political-Military Affairs)R. Clarke CooperMay 2, 2019 Chief of Protocol Cam Henderson August 12, 2019 Assistant Secretary of State(Administration) Carrie Cabelka August 20, 2019 Coordinator for Counterterrorism Nathan Sales August 10, 2017Inspector General of the Department of State Diana Shaw December 11, 2020 Office of Foreign MissionsDirector of the Office of Foreign Missions Stephen Akard September 16, 2019 August 7, 2020Cliff Seagroves August 6, 2020 Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons John Cotton Richmond November 14, 2018 Member of the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking Harold D'Souza March 2018 Christina Frundt Nathan Paul Kinnicutt Robert R. Lung Ronny Marty Florencia Molina Bukola Oriola Tanya Street Sheila White International Boundary and Water Commission Commissioner of the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission for United States and Mexico Jayne Harkins September 2018
Previous officeholders (first administration) Office Name Took office Left office NotesSecretary of State Rex Tillerson February 1, 2017 March 31, 2018 Fired March 13, 2018. His tenure was the fifteenth-shortest in the office's 228-year history, and the third-shortest since World War II. Tillerson is the only Secretary of State since at least 1945 to have been fired. Thomas A. Shannon Jr. January 20, 2017 February 1, 2017 Under Secretary of State (Political Affairs) February 12, 2016 June 4, 2018 Deputy Secretary of State February 1, 2017 May 24, 2017 John Sullivan May 24, 2017 December 20, 2019 Became Ambassador to Russia. Secretary of State March 31, 2018 April 26, 2018 Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State Margaret Peterlin February 12, 2017 March 31, 2018Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State Michael McKinley November 2018 October 10, 2019 Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook September 1, 2018 August 6, 2020 Director of Policy Planning February 17, 2017 September 1, 2018 Kiron Skinner September 4, 2018 August 2, 2019 Chief of Protocol Sean Lawler December 1, 2017 July 9, 2019 In June 2019, Lawler was accused of intimidating behavior towards staff and became the subject of an unsubstantiated investigation by the State Department's Office of the Inspector General. He resigned on July 9, 2019.Under Secretary of State (Management) Patrick F. Kennedy November 15, 2007 January 26, 2017Under Secretary of State(Arms Control and International Security Affairs) Andrea L. Thompson June 18, 2018 October 20, 2019 Chris FordOctober 21, 2019January 8, 2021Originally planning on resigning on January 15, he rescinded his original resignation and submitted a resignation in protest, effective immediately, following the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol.Assistant Secretary of State(International Security and Nonproliferation) January 9, 2018 January 8, 2021 Thomas M. Countryman September 29, 2011 January 27, 2017Under Secretary of State(Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs) Steve Goldstein December 4, 2017 March 13, 2018 Shortly after President Trump dismissed Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 13, 2018, Goldstein released a statement that Tillerson did not know why he had been fired and that Tillerson had only learned of his firing that morning from Trump's tweet. Goldstein's statement was seen as contradicting the official account of Tillerson's dismissal, which was that Tillerson was informed on March 9 that Trump intended to replace him, and Goldstein was fired from his position. According to Axios, Goldstein was disliked in the White House and "seen as openly anti-Trump." Heather Nauert March 13, 2018 October 10, 2018In December 2018, Trump chose the former Fox & Friends journalist to be the next UN Ambassador, but her nomination was never submitted to the Senate. Nauert left the State Department and joined the board of the Fulbright Program. Spokesperson for the United States Department of State April 24, 2017 April 3, 2019 Mark TonerJanuary 20, 2017 April 27, 2017 Deputy Spokesperson for the United States Department of State June 1, 2015 May 2017Legal Adviser of the Department of State Richard Visek January 20, 2017January 22, 2018 Jennifer Gillian Newstead January 22, 2018 April 22, 2019Director General of the Foreign Service Arnold A. Chacón December 22, 2014 June 2, 2017Assistant Secretary of State(Legislative Affairs) Mary Kirtley Waters December 20, 2017 August 31, 2018 Became Director of the United Nations Information Center Washington Mary Elizabeth Taylor October 1, 2018 June 18, 2020 Resigned over Trump's response to nationwide protests against racial injustice.Assistant Secretary of State(East Asian and Pacific Affairs) Daniel R. Russel July 16, 2013 March 8, 2017 Susan Thornton March 9, 2017 July 7, 2018Assistant Secretary of State(European and Eurasian Affairs) A. Wess Mitchell October 12, 2017 February 15, 2019 Assistant Secretary of State(Western Hemisphere Affairs) Kimberly Breier October 15, 2018 August 30, 2019 Resigned due to internal disputes over immigration policies.Assistant Secretary of State (Administration) Joyce Anne Barr December 19, 2011 January 26, 2017Assistant Secretary of State(Consular Affairs) Michele Thoren Bond August 10, 2015 January 27, 2017Assistant Secretary of State(Educational and Cultural Affairs) Mark Taplin January 2017 August 2017 Assistant Secretary of State(Conflict and Stabilization Operations) David Malcolm Robinson January 4, 2016 January 31, 2017 Denise Natali October 18, 2018 December 22, 2020 Deputy Assistant Secretary of State,Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Mina Chang April 29, 2019 November 18, 2019 Resigned a week after news reports of apparent past résumé embellishments: 'Resigning is the only acceptable moral and ethical option'.Assistant Secretary of State(Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance) Yleem Poblete April 30, 2018 June 7, 2019Assistant Secretary of State(International Organization Affairs) Kevin Moley March 29, 2018 November 29, 2019 Retired after an internal department watchdog report accused Moley of mismanagement and harassment of career employees.State Department Inspector General Steve Linick September 30, 2013 May 15, 2020 Fired after starting multiple investigations into Secretary Mike Pompeo: alleged misuse of a political appointee to do tasks for him and Mrs. Pompeo, helping fast-track "emergency" arms sales to Saudi Arabia and potential misuse of State Dept. facilities and diplomatic funds for "Madison dinners". The president said he had lost confidence in Linick. Stephen Akard May 15, 2020 August 6, 2020 Special Adviser to the Iran Action GroupGabriel NoronhaJanuary 7, 2021Fired by the White House after writing a tweet condemning the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol, referring to President Trump by name.
Appointments (second administration)