Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research

Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Daniel B. Smith since February 14, 2014
Nominator	Barack Obama
Inaugural holder	Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.
Formation	1928
Website	Official Website

The Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research is the head of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) within the United States Department of State. Before 1986, the head of INR was the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. The Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research reports to the United States Deputy Secretary of State.

List of Directors of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, 1957–1986

Name	Assumed Office	Left Office	President served under
Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.	October 10, 1957	February 19, 1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Roger Hilsman	February 19, 1961	April 25, 1963	John F. Kennedy
Thomas Lowe Hughes	April 28, 1963	August 25, 1969	John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
Ray S. Cline	October 26, 1969	November 24, 1973	Richard Nixon
William G. Hyland	January 21, 1974	November 24, 1975	Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
Harold H. Saunders	December 1, 1975	April 10, 1978	Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter
William G. Bowdler	April 24, 1978	December 17, 1979	Jimmy Carter
Ronald I. Spiers	January 28, 1980	October 4, 1981	Jimmy Carter
Hugh Montgomery	October 19, 1981	January 6, 1985	Ronald Reagan
Morton I. Abramowitz	February 1, 1985	May 19, 1989	Ronald Reagan

Assistant Secretaries of State for Intelligence and Research, 1986–present

The office of "Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research" was renamed "Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research" on August 18, 1986.

Name	Assumed Office	Left Office	President served under
Morton I. Abramowitz	February 1, 1985	May 19, 1989	Ronald Reagan
Douglas P. Mulholland	June 9, 1989	January 19, 1993	George H. W. Bush
Toby T. Gati	November 5, 1993	May 31, 1997	Bill Clinton
Phyllis E. Oakley	November 10, 1997	August 2, 1999	Bill Clinton
J. Stapleton Roy	November 19, 1999	January 13, 2001	Bill Clinton
Carl Ford	June 1, 2001	October 3, 2003	George W. Bush
Thomas Fingar	July 22, 2004	June 13, 2005	George W. Bush
Randall M. Fort	November 9, 2006	January 9, 2009	George W. Bush
Philip S. Goldberg	February 9, 2010	February 14, 2014	Barack Obama
Daniel B. Smith^[1]	February 14, 2014	Present	Barack Obama

References

↑ Department of State: Daniel B. Smith

External links

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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