Assistant Secretary of State for Administration

United States
Assistant Secretary of State
for Administration
United States; Assistant Secretary of State; for Administration
	Seal of the United States Department of State
	Incumbent; Alaina B. Teplitz; since December 6, 2021
Reports to	The Under Secretary of State for Management
Nominator	The President of the United States
Inaugural holder	Julius C. Holmes
Formation	1945
Website	Official Website

The Assistant Secretary of State for Administration is the head of the Bureau of Administration in the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary of State for Administration reports to the Under Secretary of State for Management.

List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Administration, 1945—present

#	Name	Assumed office	Left office	President appointed by
1	Julius C. Holmes	January 29, 1945	August 17, 1945	Franklin D. Roosevelt
2	Frank McCarthy	September 1, 1945	October 11, 1945	Harry Truman
3	Donald S. Russell	September 24, 1945	January 20, 1947
4	John Peurifoy	March 17, 1947	August 10, 1950
5	Carlisle H. Humelsine	August 11, 1950	February 13, 1953
6	Edward T. Wailes	May 29, 1953	June 22, 1954	Dwight D. Eisenhower
7	Isaac W. Carpenter, Jr.	June 23, 1954	January 25, 1955
8	Loy W. Henderson	January 26, 1955	August 9, 1955
9	Isaac W. Carpenter, Jr.	August 11, 1955	December 15, 1957
10	Walter K. Scott	March 21, 1958	July 22, 1959
11	Lane Dwinell	July 23, 1959	February 3, 1961
12	William J. Crockett	February 23, 1961	June 7, 1963	John F. Kennedy
13	Dwight J. Porter	October 2, 1963	March 28, 1965	Lyndon B. Johnson
14	Francis G. Meyer	September 26, 1969	May 31, 1971	Richard Nixon
15	Joseph F. Donelan, Jr.	June 14, 1971	March 31, 1973	Richard Nixon
16	John M. Thomas	November 23, 1973	June 28, 1979	Richard Nixon
17	Thomas M. Tracy	September 25, 1979	August 30, 1983	Jimmy Carter
18	Robert E. Lamb	December 19, 1983	July 1, 1985	Ronald Reagan
19	Donald J. Bouchard	December 12, 1985	November 30, 1987
20	Sheldon J. Krys	July 13, 1988	August 7, 1989
21	Arthur W. Fort	August 9, 1989	January 8, 1993	George H. W. Bush
22	Patrick F. Kennedy	May 20, 1993	July 13, 2001	Bill Clinton
23	William A. Eaton	July 13, 2001	May 25, 2005	George W. Bush
24	Rajkumar Chellaraj	June 5, 2006	January 20, 2009	George W. Bush
25	Joyce Anne Barr	December 17, 2011	January 26, 2017	Barack Obama Donald Trump
-	Harry Mahar (acting)	January 27, 2017	December 8, 2017	Donald Trump
26	Nicole R. Nason	December 8, 2017	March 11, 2019
-	John W. Dinkelman (acting)	March 12, 2019	August 20, 2019
27	Carrie Cabelka	August 20, 2019	January 20, 2021
-	John W. Dinkelman (acting)	January 20, 2021	December 6, 2021	Joe Biden
28	Alaina B. Teplitz	December 6, 2021	Present	Joe Biden

References

v t e 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 Energy Resources Chief Economist of the Department
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security	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 Global Public Affairs
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Management	Administration Consular Affairs Diplomatic Security Chief Information Officer of the Department Chief Medical Officer and Designated Agency Safety and Health Official Comptroller of the Department and Director of Global Financial Services Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Global Talent Director of Budget and Planning Director of Overseas Buildings Operations Director, Foreign Service Institute Director, Office of Foreign Missions, with the rank of Ambassador Director, Office of Management Strategy and Solutions
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights	Conflict and Stabilization Operations Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with rank and status of Ambassador-at-Large Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Population, Refugees, and Migration Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (Ambassador-at-Large) Global Criminal Justice (Ambassador-at-Large)
Reporting directly to the Secretary	Intelligence and Research Legislative Affairs Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department Inspector General Legal Adviser Director, Policy Planning Staff Director, Office of Foreign Assistance Director, Office of Civil Rights and Chief Diversity Officer Chief of Protocol of the United States, with the rank of Ambassador Global Women's Issues (Ambassador-at-Large) Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally (Ambassador-at-Large)