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Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

Creation of this Position

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters
Name: K. Mathea Falco
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Feb 6, 1979
Entry on Duty: Feb 6, 1979
Termination of Appointment: Jan 21, 1981

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters
Name: Dominic L. DiCarlo
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Sep 19, 1981
Entry on Duty: Sep 25, 1981
Termination of Appointment: Jul 13, 1984

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters
Name: Jon R. Thomas
State of Residency: Tennessee
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Oct 5, 1984
Entry on Duty: Oct 10, 1984
Termination of Appointment: Apr 18, 1986

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters
Name: Ann B. Wrobleski
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Sep 12, 1986
Entry on Duty: Sep 30, 1986
Termination of Appointment: Jun 17, 1989

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters
Name: Melvyn Levitsky
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Jun 23, 1989
Entry on Duty: Jun 23, 1989
Termination of Appointment: Nov 23, 1993

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Name: Robert S. Gelbard
State of Residency: Washington
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Nov 22, 1993
Entry on Duty: Nov 23, 1993
Termination of Appointment: Apr 10, 1997

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Creation of Position: On Oct 1, 1978, Congress, in the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for fiscal Year 1979 (P.L. 95-426; 92 Stat. 969), authorized the position of Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters, to be responsible for the overall coordination of the role of the Department of State in the international aspects of narcotics problems. This title had been given in full in each appointee's commission. The new Assistant Secretary, who headed the Bureau for International Narcotics Matters, replaced a Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State on Narcotics, who had served with a rank equivalent to an Assistant Secretary of State since 1971. The Department of State first supported the Department of the Treasury's Bureau of Narcotics in 1909. The title of this position was changed from International Narcotics Matters to International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Feb 10, 1995.

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