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Administrator of the Agency for International Development

Creation of this Position

Title: Administrator of the Agency for International Development
Name: Fowler Hamilton
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Sep 30, 1961
Entered on Duty: Sep 30, 1961
Termination of Appointment: Dec 7, 1962

Title: Administrator of the Agency for International Development
Name: David Elliot Bell
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Dec 17, 1961
Entered on Duty: Dec 21, 1961
Termination of Appointment: Jul 31, 1966
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 27, 1963.

Title: Administrator of the Agency for International Development
Name: William S. Gaud
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Aug 1, 1966
Entered on Duty: Aug 3, 1966
Termination of Appointment: Jan 10, 1969

Title: Administrator of the Agency for International Development
Name: John A. Hannah
State of Residency: Michigan
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Mar 28, 1969
Entered on Duty: Apr 2, 1969
Termination of Appointment: Oct 7, 1973

Title: Administrator of the Agency for International Development
Name: Daniel Parker
State of Residency: Wisconsin
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Oct 15, 1973
Entered on Duty: Oct 31, 1973
Termination of Appointment: Jan 19, 1977

Title: Administrator of the Agency for International Development
Name: John J. Gilligan
State of Residency: Ohio
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Mar 23, 1977
Entered on Duty: Mar 30, 1977
Termination of Appointment: Mar 31, 1979

Title: Administrator of the Agency for International Development
Name: Douglas J. Bennet, Jr.
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Aug 2, 1979
Entered on Duty: Aug 3, 1979
Termination of Appointment: Jan 20, 1981

Title: Administrator of the Agency for International Development
Name: M. Peter McPherson
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Feb 27, 1981
Entered on Duty: Feb 27, 1981
Termination of Appointment: Aug 7, 1987

Title: Administrator of the Agency for International Development
Name: M. Alan Woods
State of Residency: District of Colombia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Nov 6, 1987
Entered on Duty: Dec 1, 1987
Termination of Appointment: Jun 29, 1989

Title: Administrator of the Agency for International Development
Name: Ronald William Roskens
State of Residency: Nebraska
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Mar 8, 1990
Entered on Duty: Mar 22, 1990
Termination of Appointment: Dec 1, 1992

Title: Administrator of the Agency for International Development
Name: J. Brian Atwood
State of Residency: District of Colombia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: May 7, 1993
Entered on Duty: May 11, 1993
Termination of Appointment:

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Creation of Position: In the Act for International Development of 1961 (P.L. 87-195; Sep 4, 1961; 75 Stat. 445), Congress abolished the International Cooperation Administration and authorized the establishment of a new agency to administer foreign economic assistance programs. The President was to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, an officer with the rank of an Under Secretary of an Executive Department to direct the new agency. Executive Order 10973 and State Department Delegation of Authority 104, both Nov 3, 1961, established the Agency for International Development within the Department of State. Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1979 (93 Stat. 1378) made AID part of the U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency, which provides planning, policy making, and policy coordination on international economic issues affecting developing countries. AID continues to administer economic assistance programs for developing countries. The Administrator of the Agency of International Development currently also serves as the Director of the International Development Cooperation Agency.

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