Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs

United States Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Julia Frifield since October 21, 2013
Nominator	Barack Obama
Inaugural holder	Dean Acheson
Formation	1944
Website	Official Website

The Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Legislative Affairs within the United States Department of State.

List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Legislative Affairs

Name	Assumed Office	Left Office	President served under
Dean Acheson	December 20, 1944	August 15, 1945	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ernest A. Gross	March 4, 1949	October 13, 1949	Harry S. Truman
Jack K. McFall	October 15, 1949	September 9, 1952	Harry S. Truman
Thruston Ballard Morton	January 30, 1953	February 29, 1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert C. Hill	March 9, 1956	June 26, 1957	Dwight D. Eisenhower
William B. Macomber, Jr.	October 21, 1957	February 27, 1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Brooks Hays	February 28, 1961	December 3, 1961	John F. Kennedy
Fred Dutton	December 4, 1961^[1]	July 27, 1964	John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
Douglas MacArthur II	March 14, 1965	March 6, 1967	Lyndon B. Johnson
William B. Macomber, Jr.	March 7, 1967	October 2, 1969	Lyndon B. Johnson
David Manker Abshire	April 20, 1970	January 8, 1973	Richard Nixon
Marshall Wright	May 29, 1973	February 2, 1974	Richard Nixon
A. Linwood Holton	February 28, 1974	January 31, 1975	Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
Robert J. McCloskey	February 21, 1975	September 10, 1976	Gerald Ford
Douglas J. Bennet	March 18, 1977	August 2, 1979	Jimmy Carter
J. Brian Atwood	August 3, 1979	January 14, 1981	Jimmy Carter
Richard M. Fairbanks	March 6, 1981	January 26, 1982	Ronald Reagan
Powell A. Moore	February 8, 1982	August 5, 1983	Ronald Reagan
W. Tapley Bennett, Jr.	November 17, 1983	January 4, 1985	Ronald Reagan
William L. Ball	April 2, 1985	February 28, 1986	Ronald Reagan
J. Edward Fox	June 18, 1986	February 21, 1989	Ronald Reagan
Janet G. Mullins	March 2, 1989	August 23, 1992	George H. W. Bush
Wendy Sherman	May 12, 1993	March 29, 1996	Bill Clinton
Barbara Mills Larkin	July 19, 1996	January 19, 2001	Bill Clinton
Paul Vincent Kelly	June 1, 2001	January 24, 2005	George W. Bush
Jeffrey Bergner	November 9, 2005	July 2008	George W. Bush
Matthew A. Reynolds	October 6, 2008	January 2009	George W. Bush
Richard Verma	April 2009	April 2011	Barack Obama
David S. Adams	August 4, 2011	2013	Barack Obama
Julia Frifield	October 21, 2013	Present	Barack Obama

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↑ Commissioned during a Senate recess; after confirmation, he was re-commissioned on January 30, 1962.

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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