Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

United States Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Kerri-Ann Jones since August 20, 2009
Nominator	Barack Obama
Inaugural holder	Dixy Lee Ray
Formation	1975
Website	Official Website

The Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs in the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs reports to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment.

Assistant Secretaries of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, 1975—Present

Name	Assumed Office	Left Office	President appointed by
Dixy Lee Ray	January 19, 1975	June 20, 1975	Gerald Ford
Frederick Irving	April 28, 1976	March 26, 1977	Gerald Ford
Patsy T. Mink	March 28, 1977	May 1, 1978	Jimmy Carter
Thomas R. Pickering	October 10, 1978	February 24, 1981	Jimmy Carter
James L. Malone	June 1, 1981	July 22, 1985	Ronald Reagan
John Negroponte	July 19, 1985	November 23, 1987	Ronald Reagan
Frederick M. Bernthal	May 24, 1988	March 16, 1990	Ronald Reagan
E. U. Curtis Bohlen	June 27, 1990	October 31, 1992	George H. W. Bush
Elinor G. Constable	June 2, 1993	September 15, 1995	Bill Clinton
Eileen B. Claussen	January 29, 1997	July 18, 1997	Bill Clinton
David B. Sandalow	October 28, 1999	January 19, 2001	Bill Clinton
John F. Turner	November 13, 2001	July 11, 2005	George W. Bush
Claudia A. McMurray	February 21, 2006	January 20, 2009	George W. Bush
Kerri-Ann Jones	August 20, 2009	April 25, 2014	Barack Obama

References

United States Assistant Secretaries of State (and Equivalent Ranks)

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs	African Affairs East Asian and Pacific Affairs European and Eurasian Affairs International Organization Affairs Near Eastern Affairs South and Central Asian Affairs Western Hemisphere Affairs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment	Economic and Business Affairs Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs	Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance International Security and Nonproliferation Political-Military Affairs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs	Educational and Cultural Affairs Public Affairs Coordinator for International Information Programs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Management	Administration Consular Affairs Diplomatic Security Director General of the Foreign Service

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights	Conflict and Stabilization Operations Coordinator for Counterterrorism (Ambassador-at-Large) Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Population, Refugees, and Migration Trafficking in Persons (Ambassador-at-Large) War Crimes Issues (Ambassador-at-Large)

Reporting directly to the Secretary	Intelligence and Research Legislative Affairs Executive Secretary Inspector General Legal Adviser Director of Policy Planning Chief of Protocol Global Women's Issues (Ambassador-at-Large) Global AIDS Coordinator (Ambassador-at-Large)

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