United States Assistant Secretary of State

The Assistant Secretary of State from 1853 to 1913 was the second- highest official in the State Department of the United States ( State Department) and thus Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. 1853 Before the Chief Clerk took this second rank true. After 1913, the Counselor held the second highest position. But there was still the assistant secretary until 1924. Today, this location corresponds to that of the Vice- Minister for Foreign Affairs ( Deputy Secretary of State ), while today's Assistant Secretarys have the rank of department heads.

Tasks

Were the multiple functions of the Assistant Secretary

Monitoring of diplomatic and consular offices,
The general supervision of the correspondence,
The consular appointments,
The administration of the department and
Monitoring the economic development of the different geographical regions of the world.

Significant owner of the rank

Between 1853-1913 there were 25 to 1924 and a further four Assistant Secretaries of State. Noteworthy incumbents were

Ambrose Dudley Mann, the first incumbent from 1853 to 1855; previously consul in Bremen
John Hay, the 12 incumbents from 1879 to 1881; 1898-1905 U.S. Secretary of State
James D. Porter Jr., 16, of the incumbent from 1885 to 1887; later Governor of Tennessee
William R. Day, the 22nd incumbent from 1897 to 1898; then from 1898 U.S. Secretary of State since 1899, and Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals or a judge at the U.S. Supreme Court
John B. Moore, the 23 incumbents of 1898; then judge on the International Tribunals
Robert Bacon, the 26th incumbent from 1905 to 1909; 1909 U.S. Secretary of State
John E. Osborne, the 29 incumbents from 1913 to 1916; 1893-1895 Governor of Wyoming.

Current importance

U.S. Department of State

At the present time the title of assistant secretary of state is often used as an assistant to senior positions in the U.S. State Department. There are assistant secretaries for reporting to the Under Secretaries of State:

One for the political affairs of diplomatic missions in the major geographic regions of the world ( Africa, Europe and Eurasia, Middle East, East Asia and Pacific, South and Central Asia, Western Hemisphere )
One for the needs of international organizations,
One for the cooperation with other countries in matters of drug trafficking.

In addition, manage assistant secretaries tend to individual offices in the U.S. State Department. There is an Assistant Secretary of State

Of Telecommunications and the research,
For the affairs of the legislature,
For the management,
For consular affairs
For the affairs of the security in the diplomatic services.

As of comparable rank of a Director to call the Foreign Ministry.

Other Areas

Are to report to the respective other U.S. Secretaries of State to call the Assistant Secretaries of State

For the affairs of the economy, trade and energy,
Of Education and Cultural Affairs,
Of Public Affairs,
Of International Information Programs,
For International Security and Arms Control,
For Political- Military Affairs,
For matters of arms control,
For Democracy and Human Rights,
For the seas and for international affairs of the environment and its research,
For Population, Refugees and Migration.

At the level of states, there is also the post of Assistant Secretary of State. Here then is the deputy of the relevant Secretary of State in the state government.

Assistant Secretary of State

Governor (United States) Appellate court John Bassett Moore John Eugene Osborne Under Secretary of State Secretary of state (U.S. state government)

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