Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_East_Asian_and_Pacific_Affairs

Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

U.S. government position

The Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs is the head of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs within the United States Department of State. The assistant secretary guides operation of the U.S. diplomatic establishment in the countries of the Asia-Pacific region and advises the secretary of state and the Under Secretary for Political Affairs on matters relating to the area.

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The Department of State established the position of Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs in 1949, after the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government recommended that certain offices be upgraded to bureau level and after Congress increased the number of Assistant Secretaries of State from six to ten. On November 1, 1966, the department by administrative action changed the incumbent's designation to Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The Division of Far Eastern Affairs, established in 1908, was the first geographical division to be established in the Department of State.[1]

List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Far Eastern Affairs, 1949–1966

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List of Assistant Secretaries of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 1966–present

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    "Assistant Secretaries of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs". Retrieved September 21, 2007.
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    Butterworth was initially appointed as "Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs." On March 20, 1950, his title was changed to "Assistant Secretary of State for Japanese Affairs."
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    Initially commissioned during a recess of the Senate. He was later confirmed and re-commissioned on March 5, 1962.
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    Godley was never commissioned and President Nixon withdrew his nomination before the Senate acted upon it.
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    "John Herbert Holdridge - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
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    Nomination withdrawn.
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    "BIOGRAPHY: Revere, Evans J.R. Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs". U. S. Department of State. February 28, 2005. Archived from the original on August 27, 2005. Retrieved August 27, 2005.
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    Griffiths, Brent D. (June 30, 2018). "Career diplomat Thornton to leave State Department". POLITICO.
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    Sung Kim, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State, archived from the original on June 18, 2021
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    "Daniel J. Kritenbrink". United States Department of State. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
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