Senior Officials

For all other officials, please see: List of Bureaus and Offices.
You can also access a list of Ambassadors, some of whom are Chiefs of Mission overseas.

Deputy Secretary -- Richard L. Armitage The Deputy Secretary serves as the principal deputy, adviser, and alter ego to the Secretary of State; serves as Acting Secretary of State in the Secretary's absence; and assists the Secretary in the formulation and conduct of U.S. foreign policy and in giving general supervision and direction to all elements of the Department. Specific duties and supervisory responsibilities have varied over time. [biography; remarks]

Under Secretary for Political Affairs -- Marc Grossman The Under Secretary is the Department's day-to-day manager of overall regional and bilateral policy issues, and is responsible for integrating political, economic, global, and security issues into the United States' bilateral relationships. There are six geographically defined bureaus and one functional bureau that report to the Under Secretary -- bureaus for Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Eurasia, the Near East, South Asia, the Western Hemisphere, and International Organizations.[biography; remarks]

Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs -- Alan P. Larson Serves as the senior economic official at the State Department; advises the Secretary of State on international economic policy; and leads the work of the Department on issues ranging from trade, agriculture, and aviation to bilateral relations with America's economic partners. [biography; remarks]

Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security -- John R. Bolton The Under Secretary leads the interagency policy process on nonproliferation and manages global U.S. security policy, principally in the areas of nonproliferation, arms control, regional security and defense relations, and arms transfers and security assistance. [biography; remarks]

Under Secretary for Management -- Grant S. Green, Jr. The Under Secretary leads the offices of administration, Consular Affairs, Diplomatic Security, Human Resources, Information Resource Management, Overseas Buildings Operations, Foreign Service Institute, Office of Management Policy, and the White House Liaison. [biography; remarks]

Under Secretary for Global Affairs -- Paula J. Dobriansky The Under Secretary coordinates U.S. foreign relations on a variety of global issues, including democracy, human rights, and labor; environment, oceans, and science; narcotics control and law enforcement; population, refugees, and migration; and women's issues. [biography; remarks]

Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs -- Patricia deStacy Harrison, Acting The Under Secretary helps ensure that public diplomacy (engaging, informing, and influencing key international audiences) is practiced in harmony with public affairs (outreach to Americans) and traditional diplomacy to advance U.S. interests and security and to provide the moral basis for U.S. leadership in the world. [biography]