The Director of Policy Planning is the United States Department of State official in charge of the Department's internal think tank, the Policy Planning Staff. The Policy Planning Staff was created by the renowned Foreign Service officer George F. Kennan at the request of Secretary of State George C. Marshall, with the intent of providing the Secretary with an independent, strategic perspective on U.S. foreign policy. The position of Director of Policy Planning is one of the most prestigious in the State Department, and has traditionally been held by some of the most intellectual members of the U.S. foreign policy establishment. Former Directors of Policy Planning include two National Security Advisors, a President of the World Bank, and several presidents of the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations. 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. ... The Policy Planning Staff (sometimes referred to as the Policy Planning Council) is the chief strategic arm of the U.S. Department of State. ... The United States Foreign Service is a personnel system established under the Foreign Service Act. ... George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an advisor, diplomat, political analyst, and historian, best known as the father of containment and as a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War. ... In several countries, Secretary of State is a senior government position. ... George C. Marshall George Catlett Marshall (December 31, 1880–October 16, 1959), an American military leader and statesman, was born into a middle-class family in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. ... -1... Logo of the World Bank The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, in Romance languages: BIRD), better known as the World Bank, is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by WWII. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means... The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is a think tank which describes itself as dedicated to increasing Americas understanding of the world and contributing ideas to U.S. foreign policy. ...

Directors of Policy Planning (and later occupations)

• 2005 to Present: Stephen D. Krasner
• 2003 to 2005: Mitchell B. Reiss - Currently President Bush's envoy to Northern Ireland
• 2001 to 2003: Richard N. Haass - Current president of the Council on Foreign Relations
• 1998 to 2001: Morton H. Halperin
• 1997 to 1998: Gregory B. Craig
• 1994 to 1996: James W. Steinberg
• 1993 to 1994: Samuel W. Lewis
• 1989 to 1992: Dennis B. Ross - Middle East envoy for Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton
• 1986 to 1989: Richard H. Solomon
• 1984 to 1986: Peter W. Rodman - Currently Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• 1983 to 1984: Stephen W. Bosworth
• 1981 to 1982: Paul D. Wolfowitz - President of the World Bank; former Deputy Secretary of Defense
• 1977 to 1981: W. Anthony Lake - National Security Advisor for President Clinton
• 1973 to 1977: Winston Lord - President of the Council on Foreign Relations from 1977 to 1985; Ambassador to China from 1985 to 1989
• 1973: James S. Sutterlin
• 1969 to 1973: William I. Cargo - Ambassador to Nepal from 1973 to 1976
• 1966 to 1969: Henry David Owen - Ambassador at Large for President Carter
• 1961 to 1966: Walt Whitman Rostow - National Security Advisor for President Johnson
• 1961: George C. McGhee - Ambassador at Large for President Johnson
• 1957 to 1961: Gerard C. Smith - U.S. Special Representative for Non-Proliferation Matters from 1977 to 1980
• 1953 to 1957: Robert R. Bowie
• 1950 to 1953: Paul H. Nitze - Secretary of the Navy from 1963 to 1967; chief arms negotiator for President Reagan. Medal of Freedom winner.
• 1947 to 1949: George F. Kennan - Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, proponent of "containment" theory. Medal of Freedom winner.

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External Links

• Policy Planning Staff Homepage
• List of Directors of Policy Planning]