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Former Heads of Insular Affairs

Heads of Insular Affairs       Secretary of the Interior    
Ernest Gruening Director of Territories 14-Sep-34 5-Dec-39 Harold L. Ickes 1933 1946

Rupert Emerson Director of Territories 24-Jun-40 1-Aug-41 Harold L. Ickes 1933 1946

Guy Swope, Jr. Director of Territories 7-Aug-41 15-Oct-42 Harold L. Ickes 1933 1946

Benjamin W. Thoron Director of Territories 27-Oct-42 30-Jun-45 Harold L. Ickes 1933 1946

Edwin Arnold Director of Territories 5-Jul-45 24-Sep-47 Julius A. Krug 1946 1949

James P. Davis Director of Territories 25-Sep-47 30-Apr-53 Oscar L. Chapman 1949 1953

William C. Strand Director of Territories 1-May-53 30-Apr-55 Douglas McKay 1953 1956

Anthony T. Lausi Director of Territories 1-May-55 5-Mar-61 Fred A. Seaton 1956 1961

Richard F. Taitano Director of Territories 6-Mar-61 9-Apr-64 Stewart L. Udall 1961 1969

Ruth G. Van Cleve Director of Territories 10-Apr-64 25-Mar-69 Stewart L. Udall 1961 1969

Elizabeth P. Farrington Director of Territories 26-Mar-69 30-Jun-71 Walter J. Hickel 1969 1970

Royston C. Hughes Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary 1-Jul-71 2-Jan-72 Rogers C. B. Morton 1971 1975

Stanley S. Carpenter Director of Territories 3-Jan-72 1975 Stanley K. Hathaway 1975 1975

Fred M. Zeder Director of Territories 1976 1977 Thomas S. Kleppe 1975 1977

Ruth G. Van Cleve Director of Territories 1979 1980 Cecil B. Andrus 1977 1981

Wallace Green Assistant Secretary-Designate 1980 1980 Cecil B. Andrus 1977 1981
Ruth G. Van Cleve Acting Assistant Secretary 1980 1981 Cecil B. Andrus 1977 1981
Billie Lee Hart Deputy Assistant Secretary     1981 1983 James G. Watt 1981 1983
Pedro A. Sanjuan Assistant Secretary 1983 1984 James G. Watt 1981 1983

Richard T. Montoya Assistant Secretary 1985 1988 William P. Clark 1983 1985

Kittie Baier Acting Assistant Secretary 1988 1988 Donald P. Hodel 1985 1989

Mark Hayward Acting Assistant Secretary 1988 1989 Donald P. Hodel 1985 1989

Catherine Chang Dress Assistant Secretary 1989 1990 Manuel Lujan, Jr. 1989 1993

Stella G. Guerra Assistant Secretary 1991 1992 Manuel Lujan, Jr. 1989 1993

Ruth G. Van Cleve Acting Assistant Secretary Jan-93 Mar-93 Manuel Lujan, Jr. 1989 1993

Leslie M. Turner Assistant Secretary 1995 1996 Bruce Babbitt 1993 2001

Allen Stayman   Director of Insular Affairs 1997 1998 Bruce Babbitt 1993 2001

Allen Stayman   Director of Insular Affairs 1999 2000 Bruce Babbitt 1993 2001

Ferdinand Danny Aranza Director of Insular Affairs Jun-99 Dec-00 Bruce Babbitt 1993 2001

Sandra King Acting Director of Insular Affairs Dec-00 Jan-01 Bruce Babbitt 1993 2001

Nikolao Pula Director of Insular Affairs Jan-01 Jun-02 Gale A. Norton 2001 2006

David B. Cohen Deputy Assistant Secretary - Insular Affairs 17-Jun-02 2006 Gale A. Norton 2001 2006

David B. Cohen Deputy Assistant Secretary - Insular Affairs 2006 Jan-08 Dirk Kempthorne 2006 present

Nikolao Pula Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Feb-08 May-08 Dirk Kempthorne 2006 present

Doug Domenech Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary May-08 present Dirk Kempthorne 2006 present

 


U.S. Department of the Interior • Office of Insular Affairs
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Last Updated on 05/13/08