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The '''deputy secretary of state''' of the [[United States]] is the principal deputy to the [[United States Secretary of State|secretary of state]]. As of February 2024, the position is held by [[Kurt M. Campbell]], who is serving under [[United States Secretary of State]] | The '''deputy secretary of state''' of the [[United States]] is the principal deputy to the [[United States Secretary of State|secretary of state]]. As of February 2024, the position is held by [[Kurt M. Campbell]], who is serving under [[United States Secretary of State]] Antony Blinken. If the secretary of state resigns or dies, the deputy secretary of state becomes acting secretary of state until the president nominates and the Senate confirms a replacement. The position was created in 1972. Prior to July 13, 1972, the [[Under Secretary of State|under secretary of state]] had been the second ranking officer of the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]]. | ||
The State Department is the only federal cabinet-level agency to have two co-equal deputy secretaries. The second deputy secretary of state, the [[Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources|deputy secretary of state for management and resources]], serves as the "first assistant" for the purposes of the Vacancies Reform Act, but both deputy secretaries have full delegated authority to act for the secretary, if not otherwise prohibited by law. | The State Department is the only federal cabinet-level agency to have two co-equal deputy secretaries. The second deputy secretary of state, the [[Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources|deputy secretary of state for management and resources]], serves as the "first assistant" for the purposes of the Vacancies Reform Act, but both deputy secretaries have full delegated authority to act for the secretary, if not otherwise prohibited by law. | ||
Certain deputy secretaries of state went on to become appointed as the secretary of state, such as [[Lawrence Eagleburger]] in 1992,<ref>{{cite web|title=Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger (1930–2011)|url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/eagleburger-lawrence-sidney|publisher=[[U.S. Department of State]]|date=n.d.|access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref> [[Warren Christopher]] in 1993,<ref>{{cite web|title=Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Warren Minor Christopher (1925–2011) |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/christopher-warren-minor|publisher=[[U.S. Department of State]]|date=n.d.|access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref> and | Certain deputy secretaries of state went on to become appointed as the secretary of state, such as [[Lawrence Eagleburger]] in 1992,<ref>{{cite web|title=Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger (1930–2011)|url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/eagleburger-lawrence-sidney|publisher=[[U.S. Department of State]]|date=n.d.|access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref> [[Warren Christopher]] in 1993,<ref>{{cite web|title=Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Warren Minor Christopher (1925–2011) |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/christopher-warren-minor|publisher=[[U.S. Department of State]]|date=n.d.|access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref> and Antony Blinken in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Antony Blinken (1962–) |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/blinken-antony|publisher=[[U.S. Department of State]]|date=n.d.|access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref> | ||
==List of deputy secretaries of state== | ==List of deputy secretaries of state== | ||
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|January 9, 2015 | |January 9, 2015 | ||
|January 20, 2017 | |January 20, 2017 | ||