Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill

The Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs is the head of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs within the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary guides operation of the U.S. diplomatic establishment in the countries of the Asia-Pacific region and advises the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary for Political Affairs on matters relating to the area. The current Assistant Secretary is Christopher R. Hill, who was sworn in on April 8, 2005. Image File history File links Hill_christopher. ... Image File history File links Hill_christopher. ... Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill In the United States Government, the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs is part of the U.S. Department of State and is charged with advising the Secretary of State and Under Secretary for Political Affairs on matters of the Asia-Pacific region, as... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... In several countries, Secretary of State is a senior government position. ... Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns The Under Secretary for Political Affairs is the third ranking position in the United States Department of State, after the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary. ... Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill Christopher R. Hill is a U.S. diplomat and the current Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. ...

The Department of State established the position of Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs in 1949, after the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government recommended that certain offices be upgraded to bureau level and after Congress increased the number of Assistant Secretaries of State from six to ten. On November 1, 1966, the Department by administrative action changed the incumbent's designation to Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The Division of Far Eastern Affairs, established in 1908, was the first geographical division to be established in the Department of State. Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Type Bicameralism Houses Senate House of Representatives United States Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D, since January 4, 2007 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D, since January 4, 2007 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political groups (as of November 7, 2006 elections) Democratic Party Republican... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Previous Assistant Secretaries since the position's creation, chronologically, are W. Walton Butterworth, Dean Rusk, John M. Allison, Walter S. Robertson, J. Graham Parsons, Walter P. McConaughy, W. Averell Harriman, Roger Hilsman, Jr., William P. Bundy, Marshall Green, G. McMurtrie Godley, Robert Stephen Ingersoll, Philip C. Habib, Arthur W. Hummel, Jr., Richard C. Holbrooke, John H. Holdridge, Paul D. Wolfowitz, Gaston J. Sigur, Jr., Richard L. Armitage (nomination withdrawn), Richard H. Solomon, William Clark, Jr., Winston Lord, Stanley O. Roth, and James Andrew Kelly. David Dean Rusk (February 9, 1909 – December 20, 1994) was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. ... William Averell Harriman William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891 – July 26, 1986) was an American Democratic Party politician, businessman and diplomat. ... This article or section should be merged with William Bundy William Putnam Bill Bundy (September 24, 1917–October 6, 2000) was a foreign-affairs advisor to U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. ... Philip Charles Habib (February 25, 1920–May 25, 1992) was an American career diplomat known for work in Vietnam and the Middle East. ... Arthur William Hummel, Jr. ... Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (born April 24, 1941) is a New Yorker who has had a varied career as a professional American diplomat, magazine editor, author, Peace Corps director, and investment banker. ... Paul Wolfowitz Dr. Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943), son of the statistician/information theorist Jacob Wolfowitz, is an American political advisor and United States Deputy Secretary of Defense. ... Richard Lee Armitage (born April 26, 1945) is the current United States Deputy Secretary of State, the second-in-command at the State Department. ... William Clark, Jr. ... Winston Lord (born 1937) is a U.S. administrator. ... James Andrew Kelly was Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (2001-2005). ...

External links

• Previous Assistant Secretaries, from the Office of the Historian
• The website of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs