Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
The Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs is an office within the United States Department of State .
History of the office
The US Congress authorized the US President, through the Foreign Assistance Act of 1971, to appoint an officer to coordinate government security assistance programs, after consultation and approval by the US Senate . Under this law, the President appointed the subsequent incumbents as Under Secretaries of State for Coordinating Security Assistance Programs . On August 22, 1977, the title was changed from Under Secretary for Security Assistance to Under Secretary for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology , before the title was changed to Under Secretary for International Security Affairs on April 30, 1990 . In addition to coordinating the US security assistance programs, this position was temporarily linked to other responsibilities such as nuclear disarmament, the control of transfers of technological and strategic goods, and the coordination of international communications policy. Most recently, the position was given the current title of Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs on May 12, 1994 .
The Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs is the head of the Department of Arms Control and International Security Affairs and is therefore the senior advisor to the President and the US Secretary of State on matters of arms control , the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and disarmament . In this function, he takes part in meetings of the National Security Council ( US National Security Council ) as well as subordinate discussions on the subjects of arms control, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and disarmament, and has the right to communicate with the President and members of the NSC through the Foreign Minister in matters of arms control, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and disarmament. At the same time, he leads the official political process of the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and directs US global security policy, particularly in the areas of nuclear non-proliferation, arms control, regional security and defense relations as well as arms deliveries and security assistance. Thereby it provides the political orientation in the areas:
- Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, including guided missiles and nuclear weapons, but also for the proliferation of chemical , biological and conventional weapons ,
- Arms control including negotiation, ratification, verification, compliance and implementation of agreements on strategic, non-conventional and conventional armed forces,
- regional security and defense relations, including the political consideration of US security agreements and the use of US military units for unilateral and international operations in peace missions ,
- Arms deliveries, security assistance programs and arms delivery policies.
By delegating the Foreign Minister, the Under Secretary of State assumes wide-ranging functions under the Foreign Assistance Act , the Arms Export Control Act and related regulations. The responsibilities of his department the Deputy Director for International Security and Non-Proliferation include nuclear weapons ( Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation ) , the Deputy Director General for Political-Military Affairs ( Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs ) and the Head of the department of arms control, verification and compliance ( Assistant Secretary of State for arms control, verification, and compliance ) .
Official
List of Under Secretaries of State for International Security Affairs , 1972–1993
Surname | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires | Acting US President |
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Curtis W. Tarr | May 2, 1972 | November 25, 1973 | Richard Nixon |
William H. Donaldson | November 26, 1973 | May 10, 1974 | Richard Nixon |
Carlyle E. Maw | July 10, 1974 | 17th September 1976 | Gerald Ford |
Lucy W. Benson | March 28, 1977 | 5th January 1980 | Jimmy Carter |
Matthew Nimetz | February 21, 1980 | 5th December 1980 | Jimmy Carter |
James L. Buckley | February 28, 1981 | 20th August 1982 | Ronald Reagan |
William Schneider, Jr. | September 9, 1982 | October 31, 1986 | Ronald Reagan |
Ed Derwinski | March 24, 1987 | January 21, 1989 | Ronald Reagan |
Reginald Bartholomew | April 20, 1989 | July 7, 1992 | George Bush |
Frank G. Wisner | July 20, 1992 | January 19, 1993 | George Bush |
List of Under Secretaries of State for Arms Control and International Security , since 1993
Surname | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires | Acting US President |
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Lynn E. Davis | April 1, 1993 | August 8, 1997 | Bill Clinton |
John D. Holum | August 7, 2000 | May 11, 2001 | Bill Clinton |
John R. Bolton | May 11, 2001 | July 31, 2005 | George W. Bush |
Robert Joseph | June 1, 2005 | March 2, 2007 | George W. Bush |
John Rood | September 26, 2007 | January 20, 2009 | George W. Bush |
Ellen Tauscher | June 26, 2009 | February 7, 2012 | Barack Obama |
Rose Gottemoeller | February 7, 2012 | October 12, 2016 | Barack Obama |
Andrea L. Thompson | April 30, 2018 | Donald Trump |
Web links
- Entry on the Department of State's Office of the Historian page
- Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs on the US State Department website (accessed June 10, 2016)
Individual evidence
- ^ By administrative order, the official title was changed to Under Secretary for Security Assistance and on August 22, 1977 to Under Secretary for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology .
- ^ During the tenure of President Ronald Reagan, the old title of Under Secretaries of State for International Security Affairs was reintroduced.
- ↑ On December 15, 1997, Holum was initially acting Under Secretary of State. During a break in the Senate session, he was appointed Under Secretary of State August 7, 2000. On September 28, 2000, his appointment was rejected by the Senate.
- ↑ Rood was appointed Acting Under Secretary of State on September 26, 2007, but was not officially named Under Secretary of State.