Director of Policy Planning

The director of policy planning is the United States Department of State official in charge of the department's internal think tank, the policy planning staff, with a rank equivalent to assistant secretary. The position has traditionally been held by many members of the U.S. foreign policy establishment. Former directors of policy planning include two national security advisors, a president of the World Bank, and several presidents of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Directors of policy planning +No.NameAssumed officeLeft officePresident appointed by1George F. Kennan19471949Harry S. Truman2Paul Nitze195019533Robert R. Bowie19531957Dwight D. Eisenhower4Gerard C. Smith195719615George C. McGhee19611961John F. Kennedy6Walt Whitman Rostow196119667Henry David Owen19661969Lyndon B. Johnson8William I. Cargo19691973Richard Nixon9James S. Sutterlin19731973Richard Nixon10Winston Lord19731977Gerald Ford11Anthony Lake19771981Jimmy Carter12Paul Wolfowitz19811982Ronald Reagan13Stephen W. Bosworth1983198414Peter W. Rodman1984198615Richard H. Solomon1986198916Dennis B. Ross19891992George H. W. Bush17Samuel W. Lewis19931994Bill Clinton18James Steinberg1994199619Gregory B. Craig1997199920Morton Halperin1998200121Richard N. Haass20012003George W. Bush22Mitchell Reiss2003200523Stephen D. Krasner2005200724David F. Gordon2007200925Anne-Marie Slaughter20092011Barack Obama26Jake Sullivan2011201327David McKeanState Department profile for David McKean2013201628Jonathan Finer2016201729Brian Hook20172018Donald Trump30Kiron Skinner2018201931Peter Berkowitz2019202132Salman Ahmed20212025Joe Biden33Michael Anton20252025Donald Trump34Michael Needham2025202635Jeremy Lewin2026Present

References

External links Policy Planning Staff Homepage List of Directors of Policy Planning University of Oxford