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 US/Secretary/State  (Foreign minister) | |
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| Start | July 27, 1789 |
| Deputy | United States Deputy Secretary of State |
| Website | http://www.state.gov/ |
| Subpage(s) | •US/Secretary/State/Chief of Staff |
| American foreign minister. Leads US foreign policy.Boss of the US/Deputy Secretary of State. | |
The US/Secretary of State is a member of the American Cabinet.
Responsibilities
The US Secretary of State, is ex officio a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
Office Holders on Wikispooks
| Name | From | To | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Blinken | 20 January 2021 | 20 January 2025 | |
| Mike Pompeo | 26 April 2018 | 26 January 2021 | |
| Rex Tillerson | 1 February 2017 | 31 March 2018 | |
| Tom Shannon | 20 January 2017 | 1 February 2017 | Acting |
| John Kerry | 1 February 2013 | 20 January 2017 | |
| Hillary Clinton | 21 January 2009 | 1 February 2013 | |
| William Burns | 20 January 2009 | 21 January 2009 | Acting |
| Condoleezza Rice | 26 January 2005 | 20 January 2009 | |
| Colin Powell | 20 January 2001 | 26 January 2005 | |
| Madeleine Albright | 23 January 1997 | 20 January 2001 | |
| Frank Wisner II | 20 January 1993 | 20 January 1993 | Acting |
| Warren Christopher | 20 January 1993 | 17 January 1997 | |
| Arnold Kanter | 20 January 1993 | 20 January 1993 | With Frank Wisner II |
| Lawrence Eagleburger | 8 December 1992 | 20 January 1993 | |
| Lawrence Eagleburger | 23 August 1992 | 8 December 1992 | Acting |
| James A. Baker | 25 January 1989 | 23 August 1992 | |
| Michael Armacost | 20 January 1989 | 25 January 1989 | Acting |
| George Shultz | 16 July 1982 | 20 January 1989 | |
| Walter John Stoessel | 5 July 1982 | 16 July 1982 | Acting |
| Alexander Haig | 22 January 1981 | 5 July 1982 | |
| David Newsom | 18 January 1981 | 22 January 1981 | Acting |
| Edmund Muskie | 8 May 1980 | 20 January 1981 | |
| Warren Christopher | 4 May 1980 | 8 May 1980 | Acting |
| Richard Cooper | 3 May 1980 | 3 May 1980 | Acting |
| David Newsom | 3 May 1980 | 4 May 1980 | Acting |
| David Newsom | 2 May 1980 | 3 May 1980 | Acting |
| Warren Christopher | 28 April 1980 | 2 May 1980 | Acting |
| Cyrus Vance | 20 January 1977 | 28 April 1980 | |
| Henry Kissinger | 22 September 1973 | 20 January 1977 | |
| William Rogers | 22 January 1969 | 3 September 1973 | |
| Dean Rusk | 21 January 1961 | 20 January 1969 | |
| Livingston T. Merchant | 20 January 1961 | 21 January 1961 | Acting |
| Christian Herter | 22 April 1959 | 20 January 1961 | |
| John Foster Dulles | 21 January 1953 | 22 April 1959 | |
| H. Freeman Matthews | 20 January 1953 | 21 January 1953 | Acting |
| Dean Acheson | 21 January 1949 | 20 January 1953 | |
| George Marshall | 21 January 1947 | 20 January 1949 | |
| James Byrnes | 3 July 1945 | 21 January 1947 | |
| Cordell Hull | 4 March 1933 | 30 November 1944 | |
| Henry Stimson | 28 March 1929 | 4 March 1933 | |
| Frank B. Kellogg | 5 March 1925 | 28 March 1929 | |
| Charles Evans Hughes | 5 March 1921 | 4 March 1925 | |
| Robert Lansing | 24 June 1915 | 13 February 1920 | |
| Robert Lansing | 24 June 1915 | 9 June 1915 | Acting |
| William Jennings Bryan | 5 March 1913 | 9 June 1915 | |
| Elihu Root | 19 July 1905 | 27 January 1909 | |
| Richard Olney | 7 June 1895 | 5 March 1897 | |
| James Monroe | 6 April 1811 | 4 March 1817 | |
| James Madison | 2 May 1801 | 3 March 1809 |
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