page_title: United States Assistant Secretary of State
section_title: Reporting to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
hierarchical_section_title: United States Assistant Secretary of State / Current assistant secretaries of state / Reporting to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
caption_attribution_description: English: US Ambassador Philip T. Reeker in Macedonia Македонски: Филип Рикер, Американскиот амбасадор во Македонија Български: Филип Рикер, американският посланик в Република Македония
context_page_description: Assistant Secretary of State is a title used for many executive positions in the United States Department of State, ranking below the under secretaries. A set of six assistant secretaries reporting to the under secretary for political affairs manage diplomatic missions within their designated geographic regions, plus one assistant secretary dealing with international organizations. Assistant secretaries usually manage individual bureaus of the Department of State. When the manager of a bureau or another agency holds a title other than assistant secretary, such as "director," it can be said to be of "assistant secretary equivalent rank." Assistant secretaries typically have a set of deputies, referred to as deputy assistant secretaries.
context_section_description: Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
  1 FAM 121
  Tibor P. Nagy
  July 23, 2018
  Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
  1 FAM 131W. Patrick Murphy
  July 2018
  Acting
  Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
  1 FAM 141
  Philip T. Reeker
  March 18, 2019
  Acting
  Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
  1 FAM 161
  David M. Satterfield
  September 5, 2017
  Acting
  Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
  1 FAM 171
  Alice Wells
  June 26, 2017
  Acting
  Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
  1 FAM 151
  Kimberly Breier
  October 15, 2018
  Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
  1 FAM 331
  Kevin Moley
  March 26, 2018
caption: Philip T. Reeker
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