Former Heads of Insular Affairs
Below is a listing of all Heads of Insular Affairs and the supporting Secretary of the Interior:
Head of Insular Affairs |
Title | Start Date | End Date | Secretary of the Interior | Start Date | End Date |
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 | 2009 |
Nikolao Pula | Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary | Feb-08 | May-08 | Dirk Kempthorne | 2006 | 2009 |
Doug Domenech | Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary | May-08 | Jan-09 | Dirk Kempthorne | 2006 | 2009 |
Nikolao Pula | Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary | Jan 20, 2009 | July 2, 2009 | Ken Salazar | 2009 | present |
Nikolao Pula | Acting Assistant Secretary | July 2, 2009 | Sept 10,2009 | Ken Salazar | 2009 | present |
Anthony M. Babauta | Assistant Secretary | Sept 10, 2009 | present | Ken Salazar | 2009 | present |