Deputy Secretary of State

Deputy Secretary of State of the United States of America
Deputy Secretary of State of the United States of America
	File:US Department of State official seal.svg Seal of the Department of State
	File:Flag of the United States Deputy Secretary of State.svg Flag of the deputy secretary of state
	File:Kurt Campbell as Deputy Secretary of State.jpg Incumbent; Kurt M. Campbell; since February 12, 2024
	Department of State
Reports to	The United States Secretary of State
Seat	Washington, D.C.
Appointer	The President of the United States; with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	July 13, 1972
First holder	John N. Irwin II
Salary	Executive Schedule, Level 2
Website	Official website

The deputy secretary of state of the United States is the principal deputy to the 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 had been the second ranking officer of the 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, 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,^[1] Warren Christopher in 1993,^[2] and Antony Blinken in 2021.^[3]

List of deputy secretaries of state

#	Portrait	Name	Term began	Term ended	President(s) served under
1	File:John N. Irwin, II.jpg	John N. Irwin II	July 13, 1972	February 1, 1973	Richard Nixon
2	File:Kenneth-Rush-1977.jpg	Kenneth Rush	February 2, 1973	May 29, 1974
3	File:Robert S. Ingersoll.jpg	Robert S. Ingersoll	July 10, 1974	March 31, 1976
3	File:Robert S. Ingersoll.jpg	Robert S. Ingersoll	July 10, 1974	March 31, 1976	Gerald Ford
4	File:Charles W. Robinson.JPG	Charles W. Robinson	April 9, 1976	January 20, 1977	Gerald Ford
5	File:Warren Christopher.jpg	Warren Christopher	February 26, 1977	January 16, 1981	Jimmy Carter
6	File:William patrick clark.png	William P. Clark Jr.	February 25, 1981	February 9, 1982	Ronald Reagan
7	File:Walter J. Stoessel, Jr.jpg	Walter J. Stoessel Jr.	February 11, 1982	September 22, 1982
8	File:Kenneth Dam.jpg	Kenneth W. Dam	September 23, 1982	June 15, 1985
9	File:John C Whitehead.png	John C. Whitehead	July 9, 1985	January 20, 1989
10	File:Lawrence Eagleburger.jpg	Lawrence Eagleburger	January 20, 1989	December 8, 1992	George H. W. Bush
11	File:CRW JR 1987.JPG	Clifton R. Wharton Jr.	January 27, 1993	November 8, 1993	Bill Clinton
12	File:StrobeTalbott.jpg	Strobe Talbott	February 22, 1994	January 19, 2001	Bill Clinton
13	File:Richard L. Armitage.jpeg	Richard Armitage	March 26, 2001	February 22, 2005	George W. Bush
14	File:Zoellick, Robert (official portrait 2008).jpg	Robert Zoellick	February 22, 2005	July 7, 2006
15	File:John Negroponte official portrait State.jpg	John Negroponte	February 13, 2007	January 28, 2009
16	File:Jim Steinberg.jpg	James Steinberg	January 28, 2009	July 28, 2011	Barack Obama
17	File:AmbassadorBurns.jpg	William J. Burns	July 28, 2011	November 3, 2014
–	File:Wendy R. Sherman.jpg	Wendy Sherman Acting	November 3, 2014	January 9, 2015
18	File:Antony Blinken.jpg	Antony Blinken	January 9, 2015	January 20, 2017
–	File:Ambassador Thomas Shannon.jpg	Thomas A. Shannon Jr. Acting	February 1, 2017	May 24, 2017	Donald Trump
19	File:John J Sullivan.jpg	John J. Sullivan	May 24, 2017	December 20, 2019
20	File:Stephen E. Biegun official photo.jpg	Stephen Biegun	December 21, 2019	January 20, 2021
21	File:Deputy Secretary Sherman's Official Photo (51142275093).jpg	Wendy Sherman	April 14, 2021	July 28, 2023	Joe Biden
–	File:Victoria Nuland 2021.jpg	Victoria Nuland Acting	July 29, 2023	February 12, 2024
22	File:Kurt Campbell as Deputy Secretary of State.jpg	Kurt M. Campbell	February 12, 2024	Incumbent

References

External links

Official website

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[1] "Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger (1930–2011)". U.S. Department of State. n.d.. https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/eagleburger-lawrence-sidney.

[2] "Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Warren Minor Christopher (1925–2011)". U.S. Department of State. n.d.. https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/christopher-warren-minor.

[3] "Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Antony Blinken (1962–)". U.S. Department of State. n.d.. https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/blinken-antony.

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