Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs

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Assistant Secretary Kristen Silverberg

The Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs is the head of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs within the American Department of State that creates and executes policy in international organizations such as the United Nations. The Department of State created the position of Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs in February 1949, using one of the six Assistant secretary positions originally authorized by Congress in 1944. On August 25, 1954, a Department administrative action changed the incumbent's designation to Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. The current Assistant Secretary is Kristen Silverberg.^[1]^[2]

[edit] Assistant Secretaries of State for International Organization Affairs^[2]

Term started	Term ended	Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
Feb 8, 1949	May 26, 1949	Dean Rusk
Jun 24, 1949	Jul 27, 1953	John D. Hickerson
Mar 20, 1953	Nov 30, 1953	Robert D. Murphy
Dec 4, 1953	Jul 31, 1955	David McK. Key
Jul 28, 1955	Jan 20, 1961	Francis O. Wilcox
Feb 20, 1961	Sep 8, 1965	Harlan Cleveland
Sep 1, 1965	Feb 9, 1969	Joseph John Sisco
Feb 7, 1969	Jun 20, 1973	Samuel De Palma
Jul 12, 1973	Jan 2, 1974	David H. Popper
Dec 19, 1973	Dec 18, 1975	William B. Buffum
Dec 22, 1975	Apr 13, 1977	Samuel W. Lewis
Apr 7, 1977	Apr 9, 1980	Charles W. Maynes
Jun 5, 1980	Jan 21, 1981	Richard Lee McCall, Jr.
May 7, 1981	Dec 1, 1981	Elliott Abrams
May 28, 1982	Nov 12, 1985	Gregory J. Newell
Nov 6, 1985	Nov 17, 1987	Alan L. Keyes
Feb 5, 1988	Mar 19, 1989	Richard Salisbury Williamson
May 5, 1989	Jan 19, 1993	John R. Bolton
May 25, 1993	May 31, 1995	Douglas J. Bennet, Jr.
Mar 18, 1997	Oct 22, 1998	Princeton Nathan Lyman
Oct 22, 1998	-	C. David Welch
Nov 19, 2002	May 1, 2005	Kim R. Holmes
Aug 2, 2005	-	Kristen Silverberg