List of Department of State appointments by Donald Trump
Below is a list of Donald Trump's appointments to the Department of State.
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Appointees serving in offices that did not require Senate confirmation. | |
Appointees confirmed by the Senate. | |
Appointees awaiting Senate confirmation. | |
Appointees serving in an acting capacity. | |
Appointees who have left office or offices which have been disbanded. | |
Nominees who were withdrawn prior to being confirmed or assuming office. |
Appointments (first administration)
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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![]() Secretary of State | ![]() Mike Pompeo | April 26, 2018 (Confirmed April 26, 2018, 57–42)[1] | |
![]() Deputy Secretary of State | ![]() Stephen Biegun[2] | December 21, 2019 (Confirmed December 19, 2019, 90–3)[3] | |
![]() Director General of the Foreign Service | ![]() Carol Z. Perez[4] | February 1, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote) | |
![]() Legal Adviser of the Department of State | ![]() Marik String[5] | June 1, 2019 | |
![]() Under Secretary of State (Arms Control and International Security Affairs) | ![]() Christopher Ford | October 21, 2019 | January 8, 2021 |
![]() Under Secretary of State (Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment) | ![]() Keith J. Krach[6] | June 21, 2019 (Confirmed June 20, 2019, voice vote) | |
![]() Under Secretary of State (Management) | ![]() Brian Bulatao[7] | May 17, 2019 (Confirmed May 16, 2019, 92–5)[8] | |
![]() Under Secretary of State (Political Affairs) | ![]() David Hale[9] | August 30, 2018 (Confirmed August 28, 2018, voice vote) | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (African Affairs) | ![]() Tibor P. Nagy[10] | July 23, 2018 (Confirmed June 28, 2018, voice vote) | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Conflict and Stabilization Operations) | ![]() Denise Natali[11] | October 18, 2018 (Confirmed October 11, 2018, voice vote) | December 22, 2020 |
![]() Alexander Alden[12] | December 22, 2020 | ||
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs) | ![]() Carl Risch | August 11, 2017 (Confirmed August 3, 2017, voice vote) | December 22, 2020 |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor) | ![]() Robert Destro[13] | September 23, 2019 (Confirmed September 18, 2019, 49–44)[14] | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Diplomatic Security) | ![]() Michael Evanoff | November 3, 2017 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote) | July 24, 2020 |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs) | ![]() David Stilwell[15] | June 20, 2019 (Confirmed June 13, 2019, 94–3)[16] | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs) | ![]() Manisha Singh | November 22, 2017 (Confirmed November 2, 2017, voice vote) | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Educational and Cultural Affairs) | ![]() Marie Royce[17] | March 30, 2018 (Confirmed March 22, 2018, voice vote) | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Energy Resources) | ![]() Frank Fannon | May 29, 2018 (Confirmed May 24, 2018, voice vote) | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Intelligence and Research) | ![]() Ellen E. McCarthy[18] | January 22, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote) | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs) | ![]() Kirsten Madison[19] | May 11, 2018 (Confirmed April 26, 2018, voice vote) | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (International Organization Affairs) | ![]() Jonathan M. Moore | November 29, 2019 | March 1, 2020 |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (International Security and Nonproliferation) | ![]() Christopher Ashley Ford | January 9, 2018 (Confirmed December 21, 2017, voice vote) | January 8, 2021 |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs) | ![]() David Schenker[20] | June 14, 2019 (Confirmed June 5, 2019, 83–11)[21] | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs) | ![]() R. Clarke Cooper[22] | May 2, 2019 (Confirmed April 30, 2019, 90–8)[23] | |
![]() Chief of Protocol | ![]() Cam Henderson[24] | August 12, 2019 | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Administration) | ![]() Carrie Cabelka[25] | August 20, 2019[26] | |
![]() Coordinator for Counterterrorism | ![]() Nathan Sales | August 10, 2017 (Confirmed August 3, 2017, voice vote) | |
![]() Inspector General of the Department of State | ![]() Diana Shaw | December 11, 2020 | |
Office of Foreign Missions | |||
![]() Director of the Office of Foreign Missions | ![]() Stephen Akard[27][28] | September 16, 2019 (Confirmed September 11, 2019, 90–2)[29] | August 7, 2020 |
![]() Cliff Seagroves | August 6, 2020 | ||
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons | |||
Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons | ![]() John Cotton Richmond[30] | November 14, 2018 (Confirmed October 11, 2018, voice vote) | |
Member of the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking | Harold D'Souza[31] | March 2018 | |
Christina Frundt[31] | |||
Nathan Paul Kinnicutt[31] | |||
Robert R. Lung[31] | |||
Ronny Marty[31] | |||
Florencia Molina[31] | |||
Bukola Oriola[31] | |||
Tanya Street[31] | |||
Sheila White[31] | |||
International Boundary and Water Commission | |||
Commissioner of the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission for United States and Mexico | ![]() Jayne Harkins[32] | September 2018 |
Previous officeholders (first administration)
Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
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![]() Secretary of State | ![]() Rex Tillerson | February 1, 2017 | March 31, 2018 | Fired March 13, 2018.[33] His tenure was the fifteenth-shortest in the office's 228-year history, and the third-shortest since World War II.[a] Tillerson is the only Secretary of State since at least 1945 to have been fired.[34] |
![]() Thomas A. Shannon Jr. | January 20, 2017 | February 1, 2017 | ||
![]() Under Secretary of State (Political Affairs) | February 12, 2016 | June 4, 2018 | ||
![]() Deputy Secretary of State | February 1, 2017 | May 24, 2017 | ||
![]() John Sullivan | May 24, 2017 | December 20, 2019 | Became Ambassador to Russia. | |
![]() Secretary of State | March 31, 2018 | April 26, 2018 | ||
![]() Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State | ![]() Margaret Peterlin | February 12, 2017 | March 31, 2018 | |
![]() Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State | ![]() Michael McKinley | November 2018 | October 10, 2019 | [35] |
![]() Special Representative for Iran | ![]() Brian Hook | September 1, 2018 | August 6, 2020 | |
![]() Director of Policy Planning | February 17, 2017 | September 1, 2018 | ||
![]() Kiron Skinner | September 4, 2018 | August 2, 2019 | [36] | |
![]() Chief of Protocol | ![]() Sean Lawler | December 1, 2017 | July 9, 2019 | In June 2019, Lawler was accused of intimidating behavior towards staff and became the subject of an unsubstantiated investigation by the State Department's Office of the Inspector General. He resigned on July 9, 2019. |
![]() Under Secretary of State (Management) | ![]() Patrick F. Kennedy | November 15, 2007 | January 26, 2017 | |
![]() Under Secretary of State (Arms Control and International Security Affairs) | ![]() Andrea L. Thompson | June 18, 2018 | October 20, 2019 | [37] |
![]() Chris Ford | October 21, 2019 | January 8, 2021 | Originally planning on resigning on January 15, he rescinded his original resignation and submitted a resignation in protest, effective immediately, following the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol.[38] | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (International Security and Nonproliferation) | January 9, 2018 | January 8, 2021 | ||
![]() Thomas M. Countryman | September 29, 2011 | January 27, 2017 | ||
![]() Under Secretary of State (Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs) | ![]() Steve Goldstein | December 4, 2017 | March 13, 2018 | Shortly after President Trump dismissed Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 13, 2018, Goldstein released a statement that Tillerson did not know why he had been fired and that Tillerson had only learned of his firing that morning from Trump's tweet.[39][40] Goldstein's statement was seen as contradicting the official account of Tillerson's dismissal, which was that Tillerson was informed on March 9 that Trump intended to replace him,[41] and Goldstein was fired from his position.[39][40] According to Axios, Goldstein was disliked in the White House and "seen as openly anti-Trump."[42] |
![]() Heather Nauert | March 13, 2018 | October 10, 2018 | In December 2018, Trump chose the former Fox & Friends journalist to be the next UN Ambassador, but her nomination was never submitted to the Senate. Nauert left the State Department and joined the board of the Fulbright Program. | |
![]() Spokesperson for the United States Department of State | April 24, 2017 | April 3, 2019 | ||
![]() Mark Toner | January 20, 2017 | April 27, 2017 | ||
![]() Deputy Spokesperson for the United States Department of State | June 1, 2015 | May 2017 | ||
![]() Legal Adviser of the Department of State | ![]() Richard Visek | January 20, 2017 | January 22, 2018 | |
![]() Jennifer Gillian Newstead | January 22, 2018 | April 22, 2019 | ||
![]() Director General of the Foreign Service | ![]() Arnold A. Chacón | December 22, 2014 | June 2, 2017 | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs) | ![]() Mary Kirtley Waters | December 20, 2017 | August 31, 2018 | Became Director of the United Nations Information Center Washington |
![]() Mary Elizabeth Taylor | October 1, 2018 | June 18, 2020 | Resigned over Trump's response to nationwide protests against racial injustice.[43] | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs) | ![]() Daniel R. Russel | July 16, 2013 | March 8, 2017 | |
![]() Susan Thornton | March 9, 2017 | July 7, 2018 | ||
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs) | ![]() A. Wess Mitchell | October 12, 2017 | February 15, 2019 | [44] |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs) | ![]() Kimberly Breier | October 15, 2018 | August 30, 2019 | Resigned due to internal disputes over immigration policies. |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Administration) | ![]() Joyce Anne Barr | December 19, 2011 | January 26, 2017 | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs) | ![]() Michele Thoren Bond | August 10, 2015 | January 27, 2017 | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Educational and Cultural Affairs) | ![]() Mark Taplin | January 2017 | August 2017 | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Conflict and Stabilization Operations) | ![]() David Malcolm Robinson | January 4, 2016 | January 31, 2017 | |
![]() Denise Natali | October 18, 2018 | December 22, 2020 | [45] | |
![]() Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations | ![]() Mina Chang | April 29, 2019 | November 18, 2019 | Resigned a week after news reports of apparent past résumé embellishments: 'Resigning is the only acceptable moral and ethical option'.[46][47] |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance) | ![]() Yleem Poblete | April 30, 2018 | June 7, 2019 | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (International Organization Affairs) | ![]() Kevin Moley | March 29, 2018 | November 29, 2019 | Retired after an internal department watchdog report accused Moley of mismanagement and harassment of career employees.[48] |
![]() Ambassador to the United Nations | ![]() Nikki Haley | January 27, 2017 | December 31, 2018 | Ambassador Haley announced her resignation in October 2018, effective by the end of the year.[49] |
![]() Jonathan Cohen | January 1, 2019 | September 12, 2019 | Cohen was Acting UN Ambassador until the confirmation of Kelly Craft. | |
![]() Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations | June 8, 2018 | November 17, 2019 | Became Ambassador to Egypt. | |
![]() Ambassador to the European Union | ![]() Gordon Sondland | July 9, 2018 | February 7, 2020 | Fired two days after Trump's acquittal.[50] |
![]() Ambassador to Afghanistan | ![]() John R. Bass | December 12, 2017 | January 6, 2020 | |
![]() Ambassador to Turkey | October 20, 2014 | October 15, 2017 | Became Ambassador to Afghanistan. | |
![]() Ambassador to Gabon | ![]() Joel Danies | April 18, 2018 | March 1, 2019 | |
![]() Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe | April 20, 2018 | |||
![]() Ambassador to Germany | ![]() Richard Grenell | May 8, 2018 | June 1, 2020 | [51] |
![]() Ambassador to Guinea | ![]() Simon Henshaw | March 4, 2019 | June 9, 2020 | Died in office[52] |
![]() Ambassador to Japan | ![]() William F. Hagerty | August 31, 2017 | July 22, 2019 | |
![]() Ambassador to Mongolia | ![]() Jennifer Zimdahl Galt | October 5, 2015 | November 10, 2017 | |
![]() Ambassador to Norway | ![]() Kenneth Braithwaite | February 8, 2018 | May 29, 2020 | Became Secretary of the Navy.[53] |
![]() Ambassador to Pakistan | ![]() David Hale | November 17, 2015 | August 29, 2018 | Became Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. |
![]() Ambassador to Panama | ![]() John D. Feeley | December 9, 2015 | March 9, 2018 | Resigned over policy differences with the Trump administration.[54] |
![]() Ambassador to Ukraine | ![]() Marie Yovanovitch | August 29, 2016 | May 20, 2019 | The career diplomat was scheduled to remain until July, but Trump removed her when she objected to Rudy Giuliani's activities in Ukraine. |
![]() William Taylor | June 18, 2019 | January 1, 2020 | Taylor had been Ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009. Secretary Pompeo asked him to return to Kyiv temporarily after Yovanovitch's recall. Both Yovanovitch and Taylor were witnesses in the impeachment inquiry.[55] | |
![]() Ambassador to Zambia | ![]() Daniel Lewis Foote | December 17, 2017 | December 24, 2019 | Recalled after being declared persona non grata in Zambia resulting from his denouncement of the imprisonment of a local homosexual couple. |
![]() | ![]() | May 1, 2020 | January 7, 2021 | After serving in several roles in the Trump administration, Mulvaney resigned following the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol.[56] |
![]() Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL | ![]() Brett McGurk | October 23, 2015 | December 31, 2018 | Ambassador McGurk, an Obama holdover who had planned to retire in February 2019, resigned in protest of the Trump administration's Syria policy.[57] |
![]() James Jeffrey | January 4, 2019 | November 13, 2020 | [58] | |
![]() Special Representative for Syria Engagement | August 17, 2018 | |||
![]() Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council | ![]() Kelley Eckels Currie | August 4, 2017 | February 18, 2019 | She was nominated on March 8, 2019, and confirmed on December 19, 2019, to be Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues and Representative to the UN Commission on the Status of Women.[59] |
![]() Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations | ![]() Kurt Volker | July 7, 2017 | September 27, 2019 | Resigned after his involvement in the Trump–Ukraine scandal came to light.[60] |
![]() State Department Inspector General | ![]() Steve Linick | September 30, 2013 | May 15, 2020 | Fired after starting multiple investigations into Secretary Mike Pompeo: alleged misuse of a political appointee to do tasks for him and Mrs. Pompeo, helping fast-track "emergency" arms sales to Saudi Arabia and potential misuse of State Dept. facilities and diplomatic funds for "Madison dinners".[61] The president said he had lost confidence in Linick.[62] |
![]() Stephen Akard | May 15, 2020 | August 6, 2020 | ||
Special Adviser to the Iran Action Group | Gabriel Noronha | January 7, 2021 | Fired by the White House after writing a tweet condemning the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol, referring to President Trump by name.[63][64] |
Appointments (second administration)
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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![]() Secretary of State | ![]() Marco Rubio[65] | January 21, 2025 (Confirmed January 20, 2025, 99–0)[RC2 1] | |
![]() Lisa D. Kenna[66] | January 20, 2025 | January 21, 2025 | |
![]() Deputy Secretary of State | ![]() Christopher Landau[67] | March 25, 2025 (Confirmed March 24, 2025, 60–31)[RC2 2] | |
![]() Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources | ![]() Michael Rigas[68] | May 19, 2025 (Confirmed May 14, 2025, 51–46)[RC2 3] | |
![]() Legal Adviser of the Department of State | ![]() Reed Rubinstein | May 26, 2025 (Confirmed May 15, 2025, 51–46)[RC2 4] | |
![]() Joshua Simmons | March 29, 2025 | May 26, 2025 | |
![]() Richard C. Visek | January 20, 2025 | March 29, 2025 | |
![]() Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment | ![]() Jacob Helberg[69] | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
Thomas E. Lertsen | January 20, 2025 | ||
![]() Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security | ![]() Thomas DiNanno | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
Brent T. Christensen | January 20, 2025 | ||
![]() Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs | ![]() Allison Hooker | June 5, 2025 (Confirmed June 3, 2025, 59–36)[RC2 5] | |
![]() Lisa D. Kenna | January 20, 2025 | June 5, 2025 | |
![]() Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs | Sarah Rogers | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
![]() Darren Beattie[70] | February 4, 2025 | ||
![]() Under Secretary of State for Management | John Evans | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
![]() José Cunningham | April 5, 2025 | ||
![]() Tibor P. Nagy | January 20, 2025 | April 4, 2025 | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs | ![]() Michael G. DeSombre | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
Y. Kevin Kim | July 18, 2025 | ||
Sean O'Neill | January 20, 2025 | July 18, 2025 | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs | ![]() Jeremy Carl | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
McCoy Pitt | January 20, 2025 | ||
![]() Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs | Paul Kapur | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
![]() Eric Meyer | January 20, 2025 | ||
![]() Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs | Caleb Orr | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (Population, Refugees, and Migration) | ![]() Andrew Veprek | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
![]() Spencer Chretien | April 27, 2025 | ||
![]() Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs | ![]() Joel Rayburn | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
Mora Namdar | May 19, 2025 | ||
![]() Timothy A. Lenderking | January 20, 2025 | May 19, 2025 | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs | Mora Namdar | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
John Armstrong | February 27, 2025 | ||
Julie Stufft | January 20, 2025 | February 27, 2025 | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security | Todd Wilcox | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
![]() Paul R. Houston | June 2, 2025 | ||
![]() Carlos Matus | January 20, 2025 | May 30, 2025 | |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs | Christopher Pratt | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
![]() James Holtsnider | January 20, 2025 | ||
![]() Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs | ![]() Frank Weiland | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
January 20, 2025 | June 30, 2025 | ||
![]() Chris Landberg | June 30, 2025 | ||
![]() Chief of Protocol | ![]() Monica Crowley[71] | May 30, 2025 (Confirmed May 12, 2025, 52–45)[RC2 6] | |
![]() Counselor of the Department of State | ![]() Michael Needham[72] | January 20, 2025 | |
![]() Director of Policy Planning | ![]() Michael Anton[73] | ||
![]() Spokeswoman for the Department of State | ![]() Tammy Bruce[74] |
Notes
- ^ Excluding interim appointments. Behind Edmund Muskie and Lawrence Eagleburger.
Confirmation votes
- Confirmations by roll call vote (first administration)
- Confirmations by voice vote (first administration)
- Confirmations by roll call vote (second administration)
- ^ "PN11-13 - Marco Rubio, of Florida, to be Secretary of State, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.congress.gov. January 20, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
- ^ "PN12-25 - Christopher Landau, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.congress.gov. March 24, 2025. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
- ^ "PN12-38 - Michael Rigas, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.congress.gov. May 14, 2025. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
- ^ "PN25-50 - Reed Rubinstein, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.congress.gov. May 13, 2025. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
- ^ "PN25-19 - Allison Hooker, of Georgia, to be an Under Secretary of State (Political Affairs), 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.congress.gov. June 3, 2025. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
- ^ "PN12-10 - Monica Crowley, of New York, to be Chief of Protocol and to have the rank of Ambassador, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.congress.gov. May 12, 2025. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
- Confirmations by voice vote (second administration)
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