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Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs

Creation of this Position

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: W.L. Clayton
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Dec 20, 1944
Entry on Duty: Dec 20, 1944
Termination of Appointment: Aug 16, 1946

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Willard L. Thorp
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Nov 12, 1946
Entry on Duty: Nov 15, 1946
Termination of Appointment: Nov 15, 1952
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 18, 1947.

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Harold F. Linder
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Dec 11, 1952
Entry on Duty: Dec 12, 1952
Termination of Appointment: May 15, 1953
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate.

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Samuel C. Waugh
State of Residency: Nebraska
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Jun 4, 1953
Entry on Duty: Jun 5, 1953
Termination of Appointment: Aug 25, 1955

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Thorsten V. Kalijarvi
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Mar 14, 1957
Entry on Duty: Mar 15, 1957
Termination of Appointment: Sep 26, 1957

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Thomas C. Mann
State of Residency: Texas
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Sep 7, 1957
Entry on Duty: Sep 30, 1957
Termination of Appointment: Aug 28, 1960
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 27, 1958. Designated Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs on this date. A personnel action assigned Mann to the position of Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs effective Aug 7, 1960, but this date was probably an error for Aug 28, 1960. Mann's commission expired Apr 20, 1961.

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Edwin M. Martin
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Aug 27, 1960
Entry on Duty: Sep 4, 1960
Termination of Appointment: May 17, 1962

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: G. Griffith Johnson
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Appointment: May 12, 1962
Entry on Duty: May 18, 1962
Termination of Appointment: May 1, 1965

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Anthony W. Solomon
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Mar 18, 1965
Entry on Duty: Jun 1, 1965
Termination of Appointment: Jan 10, 1969

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Philip H. Trezise
State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Jul 8, 1969
Entry on Duty: Jul 8, 1969
Termination of Appointment: Nov 27, 1971

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Willis C. Armstrong
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Feb 14, 1972
Entry on Duty: Feb 15, 1972
Termination of Appointment: Apr 16, 1974

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Thomas O. Enders
State of Residency: Connecticut
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Jun 30, 1974
Entry on Duty: Jul 24, 1974
Termination of Appointment: Dec 22, 1975
Note: An earlier nomination of Dec 14, 1973 was not acted upon by the Senate.

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Joseph A. Greenwald
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Jan 29, 1976
Entry on Duty: Feb 11, 1976
Termination of Appointment: Sep 10, 1976

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Julius L. Katz
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Sep 16, 1976
Entry on Duty: Sep 23, 1976
Termination of Appointment: Nov 29, 1979

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Deane R. Hinton
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Dec 21, 1979
Entry on Duty: Jan 4, 1980
Termination of Appointment: May 14, 1981

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Robert D. Hormats
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Appointment: May 7, 1981
Entry on Duty: May 21, 1981
Termination of Appointment: Aug 25, 1982

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Richard T. McCormack
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Feb 17, 1983
Entry on Duty: Feb 23, 1983
Termination of Appointment: Feb 7, 1985
Note: An earlier nomination of Jul 28, 1982, was not acted upon by the Senate.

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Douglas W. McMinn
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Jul 12, 1985
Entry on Duty: Jul 19, 1985
Termination of Appointment: Nov 30, 1987

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Eugene V. McAlllister
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Apr 1, 1988
Entry on Duty: Apr 5, 1988
Termination of Appointment: Nov 4, 1992

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Daniel K. Tarullo
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Jul 16, 1993
Entry on Duty: Jul 16, 1993
Termination of Appointment: Mar 18, 1996

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Name: Alan P. Larson
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Jul 29, 1996
Entry on Duty: Jul 31, 1996
Termination of Appointment:

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Creation of Position: The Department of State created the position of Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs during a general Department reorganization in Dec 1944, after Congress authorized an increase in the number of Assistant Secretaries in the Department from four to six (Dec 8, 1944; P.L. 78-472; 58 Stat. 798). The reorganization was the first to designate substantive designations for specific Assistant Secretary positions. The Department, by administrative action changed the incumbent's designation to Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs on Sep 15, 1972.

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