History of the Department of State During the Clinton Presidency (1993-2001) Released by the Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs Appendix 4: Clinton Appointments, Principal Officers of the Department of State
Secretary of State
Title Appointee Status Appointment Date Secretary of State Warren Christopher
Madeleine K. Albright Non-Career
Non-Career January 20, 1993
January 23, 1997 Deputy Secretary of State
Title Appointee Status Appointment Date Deputy Secretary Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.
Strobe Talbott Non-Career
Non-Career January 27, 1993
February 22, 1994 Under Secretaries
Title Appointee Status Appointment Date Under Secretary (Political Affairs) Peter Tarnoff
Thomas R. Pickering Non-Career
Career March 11, 1993
May 27, 1997 Under Secretary (Economic and Agricultural Affairs) Joan E. Spero
Stuart Eizenstat
Alan Phillip Larson Non-Career
Non-Career
Career April 1, 1993
May 27, 1997
November 22, 1999 Under Secretary (Management) J. Brian Atwood
Richard M. Moose
Bonnie R. Cohen Non-Career
Non-Career
Non-Career April 1, 1993
August 2, 1993
August 1, 1997 Under Secretary (Arms Control and International Security Affairs) Lynn E. Davis
John David Holum---appointed Director of ACDA 11/22/93; with ACDA integration of 4/l/99 Mr. Holum served as Special Advisory for Arms Control and International Security Affairs until recess appointed on 8/4/00 Non-Career
Non-Career April 1, 1993
August 4, 2000 (recess) Under Secretary (Global Affairs) Timothy E. Wirth
Frank E. Loy Non-Career
Non-Career April 30, 1994
October 11, 1998 Under Secretary (Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs) Evelyn Simonowitz Lieberman Non-Career October 1, 1999 Assistant Secretaries
Title Appointee Status Appointment Date Administration Patrick Francis Kennedy Career May 12, 1993 African Affairs George Edward Moose
Susan E. Rice Career
Non-Career April 1, 1993
October 14, 1997 Arms Control Avis T. Thayer Bohlen Career November l6, 1999 Consular Affairs Mary A. Ryan Career May l2, 1993 Democracy, Human
Rights, and Labor John Shattuck
Harold Hongju Koh Non-Career
Non-Career May 28, 1993
October 22, 1998 Diplomatic Security and Director of the Office of Foreign Missions Eric James Boswell
David G. Carpenter Career
Non-Career December 28, 1995
August 18, 1998 (recess)
October 22, 1998 East Asian and Pacific Affairs Winston Lord
Stanley O. Roth Non-Career
Non-Career April 22, 1993
August 1, 1997 Economic and Business Affairs Daniel K. Tarullo
Alan Phillip Larson
Earl Anthony Wayne Non-Career
Career
Career July l6, 1993
July 29,1996
May 31, 2000 Educational and Cultural Affairs William B. Bader Non-Career November 16, 1999 European and Canadian Affairs Stephen A. Oxman
Richard C. Holbrooke
John Christian Kornblum
Marc Grossman
James F. Dobbins Non-Career
Non-Career
Career
Career
Career April 1, 1993
August 26, 1994
July 2, 1996
August 1, 1997
December 29, 2000 (recess) Intelligence and Research Tobi Trister Gati
Phyllis E. Oakley
J. Stapleton Roy Non-Career
Career
Career November 4, 1993
November 10, 1997
November 16, 1999 Intl Narcotic and Law Enforcement Affairs Robert G. Gelbard
R. Rand Beers Career
Non-Career November 22, 1993
October 22, 1998 Assistant Secretaries (continued)
Legislative Affairs Wendy Ruth Sherman
Barbara Mills Larkin Non-Career
Non-Career May 12, 1993
July 2, 1996 Near Eastern Affairs Robert H. Pelletreau, Jr.
Martin S. Indyk
Edward S. Walker, Jr. Career
Non-Career
Career February 11, 1994
October 14, 1997
November 16, 1999 Non-Proliferation Robert J. Einhorn Non-Career November 16, 1999 Oceans, International Environment and Scientific Affairs Elinor G. Constable
Eileen B. Claussen
David B. Sandalow Career
Non-Career
Non-Career May 26, 1993
January 19, 1996 (recess)
October 26, 1999 Politico-Military Affairs Thomas E. McNamara
Eric David Newsom Career
Non-Career October 11, 1994
October 22, 1998 Population, Refugees and Migration Julia Taft Non-Career November 10, 1997 Public Affairs Thomas E. Donilon
James P. Rubin Non-Career
Non-Career April 1, 1993
August l, 1997 South Asian Affairs Robin Lynn Raphel
Karl Frederick Inderfurth Career
Non-Career August 2, 1993
August 1, 1997 Verification and Compliance Owen James Sheaks Career SES September 15, 2000 Western Hemisphere Affairs Alexander Fletcher Watson
Jeffrey Davidow Career
Career July 1, 1993
July 29, 1996
Other Principal Officer Appointments
Title Appointee Status Appointment Date Legal Adviser Conrad Kenneth Harper
David Andrews Non-Career
Non-Career May 12, 1993
August 1, 1997 Counselor Timothy E. Wirth
Wendy Ruth Sherman Non-Career
Non-Career April 22, 1993
August 1, 1997 Director General of the Foreign Service Anthony C.E. Quainton
Edward W. Gnehm, Jr.
Marc Grossman Career
Career
Career December 28 1995
August 1, 1997
June 14, 2000 Inspector General Jacquelyn L. Williams-Bridgers Non-Career April 7, 1995 Chief of Protocol, w/Rank of Ambassador Mary M. Raiser
Mary Mel French (previously this position was a Secretary of State appointment) Non-Career
Non-Career August 2, 1993
November 10, 1997 Spec Rep of the Pres, w/ the rank of Ambassador Norman A. Wulf Career SES November l6, 1999 Chief Financial Officer, Dept of State Richard L. Greene
Bert T. Edwards Career SES
Non-career August 26, 1994
October 22, 1998
Ambassadors at Large
Title Appointee Status Appointment Date Ambassador at Large and Special Adviser to the Secretary of State on New Independent States Strobe Talbott
James Franklin Collins
Stephen R. Sestanovich Non-Career
Career
Non-Career April 2, 1993
December 12, 1995
September 19, 1997 Ambassador at Large Robert L. Gallucci Non-Career August 26, 1994 Ambassador at Large for Intl Religious Freedom Robert A. Seiple Non-Career March 25, 1999 Coordinator for Counterterrorism w/the rank and status of Ambassador at Large Michael A. Sheehan Non-Career August 9, 1999 Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues David J. Scheffer Non-Career August 1, 1997 |