United States Department of State

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United States Department of State

seal of

Furnished: July 27, 1789
Seat: Harry S. Truman Building , Washington, DC
supervisory authority: Seal Of The President Of The United States Of America.svg President of the United States
minister Antony Blink
deputy Wendy Sherman, Deputy Secretary

Brian P. McKeon, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources

Household: $ 9.96 billion (2004).
Employee: 30,266 (2004)
home page: state.gov

The United States Department of State ( or State Department ) is responsible for US foreign policy . It has existed since July 27, 1789 and is based in Washington, D.C. , at 2201 C Street NW.

The Harry S. Truman Building , the headquarters of the United States Department of State.

seat and location

The State Department's headquarters are in the Harry S. Truman Building at 2201 C Street NW in Washington, DC The neighborhood is nicknamed Foggy Bottom (roughly "foggy depression" or "foggy lowland") - largely because of the smog that used to be there established factories caused. The term was soon used and understood in a figurative sense as a nickname for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Other important institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), George Washington University and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts are also located in Foggy Bottom . The Watergate Hotel is also well known .

organization

The foreign service is referred to as the United States Foreign Service .

The organizational structure at the end of President Barack Obama's administration is shown in the organizational chart below.

From 2017, the new Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, pushed for a sharp reduction in staff through layoffs and a virtual hiring freeze with far-reaching consequences for the work of the ministry.

As a result, power within the US government shifted to the Pentagon, and foreign policy became militarized. The office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan is vacant, as are the ambassadorial posts in Afghanistan , Pakistan and India (as of July 2017).

Organization Chart : The Administrative Organization of the Department of State November 2016

United States Secretary of State

From 1782 to about 1789/90 there was a foreign ministry established by the Continental Congress , which also bore the name Department of Foreign Affairs in English . Under the presidency of George Washington in 1789, this was expanded to include further domestic political powers, so it was renamed the Department of State and transferred to Thomas Jefferson when he returned from France in 1790 . Until then, the previous Secretary of Foreign Affairs, John Jay , was in office . Among the US secretaries of state are six future US presidents : Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren and James Buchanan.

List of US Secretary of State

No. image Surname tenure under US President
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
01 Robert R Livingston Robert R Livingston October 20, 1781 – June 4, 1783 continental congress
02 John Jay John Jay May 7, 1784 – March 4, 1789
July 27, 1789 – September 15, 1789
(acting)
Continental Congress
George Washington
0
Secretary of State
0 John Jay John Jay September 15, 1789 – March 22, 1790
(executive)
george washington
0
01
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson March 22, 1790 – December 31, 1793 george washington
02
Edmund Randolph
Edmund Randolph January 2, 1794 – August 20, 1795 george washington
03
Timothy Pickering
Timothy Pickering December 10, 1795 – May 12, 1800 George Washington, John Adams
04
John Marshall
John Marshall June 6, 1800 – February 4, 1801 John Adams
05
JamesMadison
JamesMadison May 2, 1801 – March 3, 1809 Thomas Jefferson
06
RobertSmith
RobertSmith March 6, 1809 – April 1, 1811 JamesMadison
07
James Monroe
James Monroe April 6, 1811 – September 30, 1814
February 28, 1815 – March 3, 1817
08th
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams September 22, 1817 – March 3, 1825 James Monroe
09
Henry Clay
Henry Clay March 7, 1825 – March 3, 1829 John Quincy Adams
10
Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren March 28, 1829 – March 23, 1831 Andrew Jackson
11
Edward Livingston
Edward Livingston March 24, 1831 – May 29, 1833
12
Louis McLane
Louis McLane May 29, 1833 – June 30, 1834
13
John Forsyth
John Forsyth July 1, 1834 – March 3, 1841 Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren
14
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster March 6, 1841 – May 8, 1843 William Henry Harrison , John Tyler
15
Abel P Upshur
Abel P Upshur July 24, 1843 – February 28, 1844 John Tyler
16
John C Calhoun
John C Calhoun April 1, 1844 – March 10, 1845 John Tyler, James K Polk
17
James Buchanan
James Buchanan March 10, 1845 – March 7, 1849 James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor
18
John Clayton
John Clayton March 8, 1849 – July 22, 1850 Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore
19
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster July 23, 1850 – October 24, 1852 Millard Fillmore
20
Edward Everett
Edward Everett November 6, 1852 – March 3, 1853 Millard Fillmore
21
William L Marcy
William L Marcy March 8, 1853 – March 6, 1857 Franklin Pierce , James Buchanan
22
Lewis Cass
Lewis Cass March 6, 1857 – December 14, 1860 James Buchanan
23
Jeremiah S Black
Jeremiah S Black December 17, 1860 – March 5, 1861 James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln
24
William H Seward
William H Seward March 6, 1861 – March 4, 1869 Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
25
Elihu Benjamin Washburne
Elihu Benjamin Washburne March 5, 1869 – March 16, 1869 Ulysses S Grant
26
Hamilton Fish
Hamilton Fish March 17, 1869 – March 12, 1877 Ulysses S Grant, Rutherford B Hayes
27
William M Evarts
William M Evarts March 12, 1877 – March 7, 1881 Rutherford B Hayes, James A Garfield
28
James G Blaine
James G Blaine March 7, 1881 – December 19, 1881 James Garfield, Chester A Arthur
29
Frederick T Frelinghuysen
Frederick T Frelinghuysen December 19, 1881 – March 6, 1885 Chester A Arthur, Grover Cleveland
30
Thomas F Bayard
Thomas F Bayard March 7, 1885 – March 6, 1889 Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison
31
James G Blaine
James G Blaine March 7, 1889 – June 4, 1892 Benjamin Harrison
32
John W Foster
John W Foster June 2, 1892 – February 23, 1893
33
Walter Q Gresham
Walter Q Gresham March 7, 1893 – May 28, 1895 Grover Cleveland
34
Richard Olney
Richard Olney June 10, 1895 – March 5, 1897 Grover Cleveland, William McKinley
35
John Sherman
John Sherman March 6, 1897 – April 27, 1898 William McKinley
36
William R Day
William R Day April 28, 1898 – September 16, 1898
37
John Hay
John Hay September 30, 1898 – July 1, 1905 William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
38
Elihu Root
Elihu Root July 19, 1905 – January 27, 1909 Theodore Roosevelt
39
Robert Bacon
Robert Bacon January 27, 1909 – March 5, 1909 Theodore Roosevelt, William H Taft
40
Philander C Knox
Philander C Knox March 6, 1909 – March 5, 1913 William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson
41
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan March 5, 1913 – June 9, 1915 Woodrow Wilson
42
Robert Lansing
Robert Lansing June 24, 1915 – February 13, 1920
43
Bainbridge Colby
Bainbridge Colby March 23, 1920 – March 4, 1921
44
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes March 5, 1921 – March 4, 1925 Warren G Harding , Calvin Coolidge
45
Frank B Kellogg
Frank B Kellogg March 5, 1925 – March 28, 1929 Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover
46
Henry L Stimson
Henry L Stimson March 28, 1929 – March 4, 1933 Herbert Hoover
47
Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull March 4, 1933 – November 30, 1944 Franklin D Roosevelt
48
Edward Stettinius Jr.
Edward Stettinius Jr. December 1, 1944 – June 27, 1945 Franklin D Roosevelt, Harry S Truman
49
James F Byrnes
James F Byrnes July 3, 1945 – January 21, 1947 Harry S Truman
50
George C Marshall
George C Marshall January 21, 1947 – January 20, 1949
51
Dean Gooderham Acheson
Dean Acheson January 21, 1949 – January 20, 1953
52
John Foster Dulles
John Foster Dulles January 21, 1953 – April 22, 1959 Dwight D Eisenhower
53
Christian Herter
Christian Herter April 22, 1959 – January 20, 1961
54
Dean Rusk
Dean Rusk January 21, 1961 – January 20, 1969 John F Kennedy, Lyndon B Johnson
55
William P Rogers
William P Rogers January 22, 1969 – September 3, 1973 Richard Nixons
56
Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger September 22, 1973 – January 20, 1977 Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
57
Cyrus Vance
Cyrus Vance January 23, 1977 – April 28, 1980 Jimmy Carter
58
Edmund Muskie
Edmund Muskie May 8, 1980 – January 18, 1981
59
Alexander Haig
Alexander Haig January 22, 1981 – July 5, 1982 Ronald Reagan
60
George P Shultz
George P Shultz July 16, 1982 – January 20, 1989
61
James Baker
James Baker January 25, 1989 – August 23, 1992 George HW Bush
62
Lawrence Eagleburger
Lawrence Eagleburger December 8, 1992 – January 19, 1993
63
Warren Christopher
Warren Christopher January 20, 1993 – January 17, 1997 bill clinton
64
Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright January 23, 1997 – January 19, 2001
65
Colin Powell
Colin Powell January 20, 2001 – January 25, 2005 George W Bush
66
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009
67
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton January 21, 2009 – February 1, 2013 Barack Obama
68
John Kerry
John Kerry February 1, 2013 – January 20, 2017
69
Rex Tillerson
Rex Tillerson February 1, 2017 – March 13, 2018 donald trump
70
Mike Pompeo
Mike Pompeo April 26, 2018 – January 20, 2021
71
Antony Blink
Antony Blink since January 26, 2021 Joe Biden

See also

web links

Commons : United States Department of State  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

General

Representations of the USA in German-speaking countries

itemizations

  1. Politico June 29, 2017: "Present at the Destruction: How Rex Tillerson Is Wrecking the State Department"
  2. Bod Dreyfuss: How Rex Tillerson Turned the State Department Into a Ghost Ship . Rolling Stone, July 13, 2017.

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