US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

Second highest-ranking official in the US State Department. Superceded the position of US Under Secretary of State.

13-Jul-1972	01-Feb-1973	John N. Irwin II	Already serving as Under Secretary
02-Feb-1973	29-May-1974	Kenneth Rush
10-Jul-1974	31-Mar-1976	Robert S. Ingersoll
09-Apr-1976	20-Jan-1977	Charles W. Robinson
26-Feb-1977	16-Jan-1981	Warren Christopher
25-Mar-1981	09-Feb-1982	William P. Clark
11-Feb-1982	22-Sep-1982	Walter Stoessel
23-Sep-1982	15-Jun-1985	Kenneth W. Dam
09-Jul-1985	20-Jan-1989	John C. Whitehead
20-Mar-1989	23-Aug-1992	Lawrence Eagleburger
27-Jan-1993	08-Nov-1993	Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.
23-Feb-1994	19-Jan-2001	Strobe Talbott
26-Mar-2001	23-Feb-2005	Richard Armitage
23-Feb-2005	19-Jun-2006	Robert Zoellick
13-Feb-2007	--	John Negroponte

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