The assistant secretary of state for international narcotics and law enforcement affairs is a position of the United States government within the Department of State that heads the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, which is responsible for development of policies and programs to combat international narcotics and crime.
On October 1, 1978, Congress, in the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for fiscal Year 1979, authorized the position of Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters, to be responsible for the overall coordination of the role of the Department of State in the international aspects of narcotics problems. This title had been given in full in each appointee's commission. The new assistant secretary, who headed the Bureau for International Narcotics Matters, replaced a senior adviser to the secretary of state on narcotics, who had served with a rank equivalent to an assistant secretary of state since 1971. The Department of State first supported the Department of the Treasury's Bureau of Narcotics in 1909. The title of this position was changed from International Narcotics Matters to International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs on February 10, 1995.
List of assistant secretaries of state International narcotics matters, 1979–1995 #NameAssumed officeLeft officePresident served under1Mathea FalcoFebruary 6, 1979January 21, 1981Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan2Dominick L. DiCarloSeptember 25, 1981July 13, 1984Ronald Reagan3Jon R. ThomasOctober 10, 1984April 18, 1986Ronald Reagan4Ann B. WrobleskiSeptember 30, 1986June 17, 1989Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush5Melvyn LevitskyJune 23, 1989November 23, 1993George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton6Robert S. GelbardNovember 23, 1993April 10, 1997 Bill Clinton
International narcotics and law enforcement affairs, 1995–present The title "Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters" was renamed "Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs" on February 10, 1995. #NameAssumed officeLeft officePresident served under6Robert S. GelbardNovember 23, 1993April 10, 1997 Bill Clinton7Rand BeersOctober 28, 1998August 31, 2002Bill Clinton and George W. Bush -Paul E. Simons (acting)September 1, 2002October 5, 2003George W. Bush8Robert B. CharlesOctober 6, 2003March 15, 2005George W. Bush9Anne W. PattersonNovember 28, 2005June 22, 2007George W. Bush10David T. JohnsonOctober 31, 2007January 10, 2011George W. Bush, Barack Obama11William BrownfieldJanuary 10, 2011September 30, 2017Barack Obama and Donald Trump -Daniel Lewis Foote (acting)September 30, 2017December 2017Donald Trump12Kirsten D. MadisonMay 11, 2018January 20, 2021Donald Trump -James A. Walsh (acting)January 20, 2021September 30, 2021Joe Biden13Todd D. RobinsonSeptember 30, 2021January 17, 2025Joe Biden -Frank Cartwright Weiland (acting) January 20, 2025June 30, 2025Donald Trump -Chris Landberg (acting) June 30, 2025May 22, 2026Donald Trump 14Frank Cartwright Weiland May 22, 2026PresentDonald Trump
References
External links Official website www.state.gov Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs The Office of the Historian's list of former Assistant Secretaries