Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of State by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. , according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 41 nominees have been confirmed, 15 nominees are being considered by the Senate, 5 positions do not have nominees, and 20 appointments have been made to positions that don't require Senate confirmation.
Color key Denotes appointees awaiting Senate confirmation.
Denotes appointees serving in an acting capacity.
Denotes appointees who have left office or offices which have been disbanded.
Secretary & Deputy Secretaries Office Nominee Assumed office Left office —Secretary of State Antony Blinken January 26, 2021 ——Deputy Secretary of State Kurt M. Campbell February 12, 2024 – Victoria Nuland July 29, 2023 February 12, 2024 Wendy Sherman April 14, 2021 July 28, 2023 —Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma April 5, 2023 — John R. Bass January 1, 2023 April 4, 2023 Brian P. McKeon March 19, 2021 December 31, 2022
Office of Political Affairs Office Nominee Assumed office Left office —Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs John R. Bass March 22, 2024 – Victoria Nuland May 3, 2021 March 22, 2024 —Assistant Secretary of State(African Affairs) Mary Catherine Phee September 30, 2021 — —Assistant Secretary of State(East Asian and Pacific Affairs) Daniel Kritenbrink September 24, 2021 January 17, 2025 —Assistant Secretary of State(European and Eurasian Affairs) James C. O'Brien October 5, 2023 — Yuri Kim July 10, 2023 October 5, 2023 Dereck J. Hogan April 1, 2023 July 10, 2023 Karen Donfried September 30, 2021 March 31, 2023 —Assistant Secretary of State(International Organization Affairs) Michele J. Sison December 21, 2021 — —Assistant Secretary of State(Near Eastern Affairs) Barbara A. Leaf May 31, 2022 — —Assistant Secretary of State(South and Central Asian Affairs) Donald Lu September 15, 2021 — —Assistant Secretary of State(Western Hemisphere Affairs) Brian A. Nichols September 15, 2021 December 31, 2024 —Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism &Coordinator for Counterterrorism Elizabeth H. Richard December 29, 2023 —
Office of Arms Control and International Security Office Nominee Assumed office Left office —Under Secretary of State(Arms Control and International Security Affairs) Bonnie Jenkins July 22, 2021 December 31, 2024 —Assistant Secretary of State(Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance) Mallory Stewart April 18, 2022 — —Assistant Secretary of State(International Security and Nonproliferation) C.S. Eliot Kang March 31, 2022 — —Assistant Secretary of State(Political-Military Affairs) Stanley L. Brown July 16, 2024 – Jessica Lewis September 30, 2021 July 16, 2024
Office of Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Office Nominee Assumed office Left office —Under Secretary of State(Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights) Uzra Zeya July 14, 2021 — —Assistant Secretary of State(Conflict and Stabilization Operations) Anne Witkowsky January 10, 2022 — —Assistant Secretary of State(Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor) Dafna Hochman Rand August 8, 2024 — —Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack March 17, 2022 — —Assistant Secretary of State(International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs) Todd D. Robinson September 30, 2021 January 17, 2025 —Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain January 24, 2022 — —Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Cindy Dyer January 4, 2023 — —Assistant Secretary of State(Population, Refugees, and Migration) Marta Costanzo Youth October 7, 2024 January 17, 2025 Julieta Valls Noyes March 31, 2022 October 4, 2024
Office of Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Office Nominee Assumed office Left office —Under Secretary of State(Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment) Jose W. Fernandez August 6, 2021 — —Assistant Secretary of State(Economic and Business Affairs) Amy Holman June 28, 2024 – Ramin Toloui January 24, 2022 June 28, 2024 —Coordinator for Sanctions James C. O'Brien April 14, 2022 October 5, 2023 —Assistant Secretary of State(Energy Resources) Geoffrey Pyatt September 19, 2022 ——Assistant Secretary of State(Oceans and International, Environmental and Scientific Affairs) Jennifer R. Littlejohn May 1, 2023 – Monica Medina September 28, 2021 April 28, 2023
Office of Management Office Nominee Assumed office Left office —Under Secretary of State(Management) John R. Bass December 29, 2021 — —Assistant Secretary of State(Administration) Alaina B. Teplitz December 6, 2021 — —Assistant Secretary of State(Consular Affairs) Rena Bitter August 12, 2021 — —Assistant Secretary of State(Diplomatic Security) Gentry O. Smith August 12, 2021 — —Director General of the Foreign Service Marcia Bernicat June 6, 2022 — —Director of the Office of Foreign Missions Rebecca Gonzales May 31, 2022 —
Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Office Nominee Assumed office Left office —Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Lee Satterfield August 3, 2024 – Elizabeth M. Allen June 15, 2023 August 2, 2024 —Assistant Secretary of State(Educational and Cultural Affairs) Lee Satterfield November 23, 2021 — —Assistant Secretary of State(Global Public Affairs) Stephanie C. Sutton September 16, 2024 – Kristin Kane July 1, 2024 September 16, 2024 William M. Russo February 15, 2023 April 6, 2024 Elizabeth Trudeau April 4, 2022 February 15, 2023 Elizabeth M. Allen September 13, 2021 April 4, 2022
J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Office Nominee Assumed office Left office —Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Donna Brazile June 15, 2022 — James Costos June 15, 2022 — James R. Berman August 19, 2022 — Michael Trager August 19, 2022 — Carmen Estrada-Schaye November 22, 2022 — Bill Freeman November 22, 2022 — Jennifer Lin November 22, 2022 — Jill Nash January 26, 2023 — Jed Katz September 15, 2023 — David Price November 15, 2023 — Denise Grant March 8, 2024 — Lynn Tincher-Ladner March 8, 2024 —
Office of the Secretary & Deputy Secretaries Office Nominee Assumed office Left office —Legal Adviser of the Department of State Margaret L. Taylor September 24, 2024 — —Chief of Protocol Ethan Rosenzweig August 1, 2023 – Rufus Gifford January 3, 2022 July 28, 2023 —Ambassador-at-Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy Nate Fick September 21, 2022 — —Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy Stephan A. Lang June 28, 2024 — —Ambassador-at-Large for Global Health Diplomacy andGlobal AIDS Coordinator John Nkengasong June 13, 2022 — —Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Geeta Rao Gupta May 18, 2023 — —Assistant Secretary of State(Intelligence and Research) Lisa D. Kenna July 5, 2024 – Brett M. Holmgren September 15, 2021 July 5, 2024 —Assistant Secretary of State(Legislative Affairs) Naz Durakoğlu July 22, 2022 December 20, 2024 —Inspector General of the Department of State Cardell K. Richardson May 20, 2024 — —Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State Suzy George January 20, 2021 — —Counselor of the Department of State Tom Sullivan July 22, 2024 — Derek Chollet January 20, 2021 July 7, 2024 —Director of Policy Planning Salman Ahmed January 20, 2021 — —Spokesperson for the Department of State Matthew Miller April 24, 2023 — Ned Price January 20, 2021 March 17, 2023 —Deputy Spokesperson for the Department of State Vedant Patel June 6, 2022 — Jalina Porter January 20, 2021 June 3, 2022
United States Mission to the United Nations
This list contains the non-ambassadorial appointments made within the scope of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. Office Nominee Assumed office Left office —Deputy to the Ambassador to the United Nations Ned Price February 29, 2024 – Jeffrey Prescott January 20, 2021 February 25, 2024 —Representative to the Sessions of theGeneral Assembly of the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield February 23, 2021 — —Alternate Representative to the Sessions of theGeneral Assembly of the United Nations Lisa Carty April 8, 2022 — Robert A. Wood October 6, 2022 — —Representative to the 77th Session of theGeneral Assembly of the United Nations Patrick Leahy September 15, 2022 September 27, 2022 Jim Risch
Withdrawn nominations Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn Notes —Assistant Secretary of State(Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor) Sarah Margon April 23, 2021 January 3, 2023 —Legal Adviser of the Department of State Sarah H. Cleveland August 10, 2021 January 3, 2023 —Representative to the 76th Session of theGeneral Assembly of the United Nations Barbara Lee September 13, 2021 January 3, 2023 French Hill Sim Farar Tom Carnahan —Member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy Janet Keller March 11, 2022 January 3, 2025 Jay T. Snyder July 29, 2022 January 3, 2025 —Representative to the 77th Session of theGeneral Assembly of the United Nations S. Douglas Bunch September 6, 2022 January 3, 2023 Carol Leslie Hamilton Andrew Weinstein —Representative to the Sessions of theGeneral Assembly of the United Nations Dorothy Shea January 3, 2023 January 3, 2025 —Member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy James J. Blanchard March 20, 2023 January 3, 2025 Elliott Abrams July 3, 2023 January 3, 2025 —Representative to the 78th Session of theGeneral Assembly of the United Nations Calvin Smyre September 3, 2023 January 3, 2024 Barbara Lee January 3, 2025 French Hill Janet Keller Jeffrey Worthe —Coordinator for Sanctions Erik Woodhouse September 5, 2023 July 11, 2024 —Ambassador-at-Large for Global Health Security and Diplomacy John Nkengasong September 28, 2023 January 3, 2025 —Assistant Secretary of State(Oceans and International, Environmental and Scientific Affairs) Kris Sarri November 30, 2023 January 3, 2025 —Member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy Rebeccah Heinrichs May 23, 2024 January 3, 2025 —Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Julianne Smith June 5, 2024 January 3, 2025 —Representative to the 79th Session of theGeneral Assembly of the United Nations Ben Cardin September 9, 2024 January 3, 2025 Dan Sullivan Tanya Leigh Flores Michael Trager
See also Cabinet of Joe Biden, for the vetting process undergone by top-level roles including advice and consent by the Senate List of executive branch 'czars' e.g. Special Advisor to the President List of all Assistant Secretary of State roles within the U.S. Department of State List of all Under Secretary of State roles within the U.S. Department of State
Notes
Confirmations by roll call vote
Confirmations by voice vote
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