The Assistant Secretary of State for Administration is the head of the Bureau of Administration in the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary of State for Administration reports to the Under Secretary of State for Management.
| United States Assistant Secretary of State for Administration | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the United States Department of State | |
| Reports to | The Under Secretary of State for Management |
| Nominator | The President of the United States |
| Inaugural holder | Julius C. Holmes |
| Formation | 1945 |
| Website | Official Website |
List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Administration, 1945—present edit
| Name | Assumed office | Left office | President appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julius C. Holmes | January 29, 1945 | August 17, 1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Frank McCarthy | September 1, 1945 | October 11, 1945 | Harry Truman |
| Donald S. Russell | September 24, 1945 | January 20, 1947 | |
| John Peurifoy | March 17, 1947 | August 10, 1950 | |
| Carlisle H. Humelsine | August 11, 1950 | February 13, 1953 | |
| Edward T. Wailes | May 29, 1953 | June 22, 1954 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Isaac W. Carpenter, Jr. | June 23, 1954 | January 25, 1955 | |
| Loy W. Henderson | January 26, 1955 | August 9, 1955 | |
| Isaac W. Carpenter, Jr. | August 11, 1955 | December 15, 1957 | |
| Walter K. Scott | March 21, 1958 | July 22, 1959 | |
| Lane Dwinell | July 23, 1959 | February 3, 1961 | |
| William J. Crockett | February 23, 1961 | June 7, 1963 | John F. Kennedy |
| Dwight J. Porter | October 2, 1963 | March 28, 1965 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Francis G. Meyer | September 26, 1969 | May 31, 1971 | Richard Nixon |
| Joseph F. Donelan, Jr. | June 14, 1971 | March 31, 1973 | Richard Nixon |
| John M. Thomas | November 23, 1973 | June 28, 1979 | |
| Thomas M. Tracy | September 25, 1979 | August 30, 1983 | Jimmy Carter |
| Robert E. Lamb | December 19, 1983 | July 1, 1985 | Ronald Reagan |
| Donald J. Bouchard | December 12, 1985 | November 30, 1987 | |
| Sheldon J. Krys | July 13, 1988 | August 7, 1989 | |
| Arthur W. Fort | August 9, 1989 | January 8, 1993 | George H. W. Bush |
| Patrick F. Kennedy | May 20, 1993 | July 13, 2001 | Bill Clinton |
| William A. Eaton | July 13, 2001 | May 25, 2005 | George W. Bush |
| Rajkumar Chellaraj | June 5, 2006 | January 20, 2009 | |
| Joyce Anne Barr | December 17, 2011 | January 26, 2017 | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Harry Mahar (acting) | January 27, 2017 | December 8, 2017 | Donald Trump |
| Nicole R. Nason | December 8, 2017 | March 11, 2019 | |
| John W. Dinkelman (acting) | March 12, 2019 | August 20, 2019 | |
| Carrie Cabelka | August 20, 2019 | January 20, 2021 | |
| John W. Dinkelman (acting) | January 20, 2021 | December 6, 2021 | Joe Biden |
| Alaina B. Teplitz | December 6, 2021 | Present |