Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs

United States Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Evan Ryan since September 26, 2013
Nominator	Barack Obama
Inaugural holder	Philip Hall Coombs
Formation	1961
Website	Official Website

The Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, a bureau within the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs reports to the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.

Assistant Secretaries of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 1961—Present

Note: The post had been abolished from 1978 to 1999. In 1978 the Bureau was abolished and its functions transferred to the International Communications Agency (subsequently the United States Information Agency) under Reorganization Plan No. 2 (91 Stat. 1637). On October 1, 1999, pursuant to the integration of the U.S. Information Agency into the Department of State this position was revived.

Name	Assumed office	Left office	President(s) served under
Philip Hall Coombs	March 23, 1961	June 4, 1962	John F. Kennedy
Lucius D. Battle	June 5, 1962	August 20, 1964	John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry McPherson	August 23, 1964	August 14, 1965	Lyndon B. Johnson
Charles Frankel	September 15, 1965	December 31, 1967	Lyndon B. Johnson
Edward D. Re	February 28, 1968	January 9, 1969	Lyndon Johnson
John Richardson, Jr.	July 15, 1969	March 7, 1977	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
Joseph D. Duffey	April 8, 1977	March 21, 1978	Jimmy Carter
Alice Stone Ilchman	March 22, 1978	March 31, 1978	Jimmy Carter
William B. Bader	November 18, 1999	January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton
Patricia Harrison	October 2, 2001	July 1, 2005	George W. Bush
Dina Habib Powell	July 11, 2005	June 7, 2007	George W. Bush
Goli Ameri	March 19, 2008	January 20, 2009	George W. Bush
Ann Stock	June 23, 2010	2013	Barack Obama
Evan Ryan	September 26, 2013		Barack Obama

External links

List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, from the U.S. Department of State
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

United States Assistant Secretaries of State (and Equivalent Ranks)

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs	African Affairs East Asian and Pacific Affairs European and Eurasian Affairs International Organization Affairs Near Eastern Affairs South and Central Asian Affairs Western Hemisphere Affairs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment	Economic and Business Affairs Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs	Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance International Security and Nonproliferation Political-Military Affairs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs	Educational and Cultural Affairs Public Affairs Coordinator for International Information Programs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Management	Administration Consular Affairs Diplomatic Security Director General of the Foreign Service

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights	Conflict and Stabilization Operations Coordinator for Counterterrorism (Ambassador-at-Large) Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Population, Refugees, and Migration Trafficking in Persons (Ambassador-at-Large) War Crimes Issues (Ambassador-at-Large)

Reporting directly to the Secretary	Intelligence and Research Legislative Affairs Executive Secretary Inspector General Legal Adviser Director of Policy Planning Chief of Protocol Global Women's Issues (Ambassador-at-Large) Global AIDS Coordinator (Ambassador-at-Large)

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