US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

Called the Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs before 2000. See also:

• US Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
• US Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs
• US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
• US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian & Pacific Affairs
• US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
• US State Department

20-Dec-1944	17-Aug-1945	Nelson Rockefeller
29-Oct-1945	27-Jun-1947	Spruille Braden
28-Jun-1949	31-Dec-1952	Edward G. Miller, Jr.
03-Mar-1953	01-Mar-1954	John M. Cabot
02-Mar-1954	13-Sep-1956	Henry F. Holland
18-Jun-1957	27-Aug-1960	Roy Richard Rubottom, Jr.
28-Aug-1960	20-Apr-1961	Thomas C. Mann
17-Jul-1961	17-Mar-1962	Robert F. Woodward
18-May-1962	02-Jan-1964	Edwin M. Martin
03-Jan-1964	17-Mar-1965	Thomas C. Mann
22-Mar-1965	28-Feb-1966	Jack Hood Vaughn
09-Mar-1966	30-Jun-1967	Lincoln Gordon
01-Jul-1967	31-Dec-1968	Covey T. Oliver
02-Apr-1969	02-Mar-1973	Charles A. Meyer
29-May-1973	04-Sep-1974	Jack B. Kubisch
07-Oct-1974	18-Jun-1976	William D. Rogers
22-Jul-1976	14-Mar-1977	Harry W. Shlaudeman
01-Apr-1977	27-Jun-1978	Terence A. Todman
21-Jul-1978	30-Nov-1979	Viron P. Vaky
04-Jan-1980	16-Jan-1981	William G. Bowdler
23-Jun-1981	27-Jun-1983	Thomas O. Enders
12-Jul-1983	03-Jul-1985	Langhorne A. Motley
17-Jul-1985	20-Jan-1989	Elliott Abrams
16-Jun-1989	02-Jul-1993	Bernard W. Aronson
02-Jul-1993	29-Mar-1996	Alexander F. Watson
07-Aug-1996	1998	Jeffrey Davidow
04-Jan-2001	04-Jun-2001	Peter F. Romero	(recess appointment, acting Secy. since 7-Jul-1999)
11-Jan-2002	22-Nov-2002	Otto J. Reich
31-Jul-2003	06-Oct-2005	Roger F. Noriega
17-Oct-2005	--	Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.

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