مساعد وزير الخارجية لشئون الشرق الأدنى
| Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs | |
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الحالي ديڤد ساترفيلد القائم بأعمال منذ September 5, 2017 | |
| U.S. Department of State | |
| مسئول أمام | Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs |
| المرشـِّح | رئيس الولايات المتحدة |
| مفتتـِح المنصب | George C. McGhee |
| تشكيل | 1949 |
| المسقط | Official Website |
The Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs within the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary guides the operation of the U.S. diplomatic establishment in various countries of North Africa and the Middle East and advises the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary for Political Affairs. Former Assistant Secretary, C. David Welch, who was sworn in on March 18, 2005, resigned his appointment on December 18, 2008.
The Department of State established the position of Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs on October 3, 1949. The Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government, popularly known as the Hoover Commission, had recommended that certain offices be upgraded to bureau level and after Congress increased the number of Assistant Secretaries of State from six to ten. The Department of State established a Division of Near Eastern Affairs in 1909, which dealt with Central, Southern, and Eastern Europe as well as with the Middle East. The final remnant of this practice ended on April 18, 1974, when the Department transferred responsibility for Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus to the Bureau of European Affairs.
The Division of Near Eastern Affairs included Egypt and Abyssinia (Ethiopia) from its inception, and acquired responsibility for the rest of Africa (except Algeria and the Union of South Africa) in 1937. Relations with African nations became the responsibility of a new Bureau of African Affairs on August 20, 1958, but relations with North African nations reverted to the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs on April 22, 1974. The Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 authorized the appointment of an Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs on October 28, 1991. The Bureau of South Asian Affairs was established August 24, 1992, with the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs arriving at its present title.
List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, 1949-1958
| Name | Assumed Office | Left Office | President served under |
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| George C. McGhee | June 28, 1949 | December 19, 1951 | Harry S. Truman |
| Henry A. Byroade | April 14, 1952 | January 25, 1955 | Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| George V. Allen | January 26, 1955 | August 27, 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| William M. Rountree | August 30, 1956 | July 6, 1959 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, 1958—1992
| Name | Assumed Office | Left Office | President served under |
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| G. Lewis Jones | July 10, 1959 | April 20, 1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Phillips Talbot | April 21, 1961 | September 1, 1965 | John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Raymond A. Hare | September 22, 1965 | November 30, 1966 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Lucius D. Battle | April 5, 1967 | September 30, 1968 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Parker T. Hart | October 14, 1968 | February 4, 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| جوسف سيسكو | February 10, 1969 | February 18, 1974 | Richard Nixon |
| Alfred Atherton | April 27, 1974 | April 13, 1978 | Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter |
| هارولد سوندرز | April 11, 1978 | January 16, 1981 | Jimmy Carter |
| نيكولاس ڤليوتس | May 21, 1981 | October 27, 1983 | Ronald Reagan |
| ريتشارد مرفي | October 28, 1983 | May 15, 1989 | Ronald Reagan |
| John Hubert Kelly | June 16, 1989 | September 30, 1991 | George H. W. Bush |
| إدوارد جرجيان | September 30, 1991 | December 17, 1993 | George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton |
قائمة مساعدي وزير الخارجية لشئون الشرق الأدنى، 1992—الحاضر
On August 24, 1992 the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs divided into a separate Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and a Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. At that time, Edward Djerejian became Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs; he was also concurrently Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs until May 30, 1993.
| Name | تولى المنصب | Left Office | President served under |
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| إدوارد جرجيان | September 30, 1991 | December 17, 1993 | George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton |
| روبرت پلترو | February 18, 1994 | January 24, 1997 | Bill Clinton |
| Martin Indyk | October 14, 1997 | November 16, 1999 | Bill Clinton |
| Edward S. Walker, Jr. | January 18, 2000 | May 1, 2001 | Bill Clinton |
| William Joseph Burns | June 4, 2001 | March 2, 2005 | George W. Bush |
| David Welch | March 18, 2005 | December 18, 2008 | George W. Bush |
| جفري فلتمان | August 18, 2009 | June 2012 | باراك أوباما |
| آن پاترسون | December 23, 2013 | January 6, 2017 | باراك أوباما |
المراجع
- ^ "Briefing With Acting Assistant Secretary David M. Satterfield". U.S. Department of State. December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ^ "David M. Satterfield". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ^ "Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs". Archived from the original on 19 September 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
- ^ "Welch, C. David". Archived from the original on September 11, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
- ^ "Farewell Ceremony for Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch". Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
- ^ "Assistant Secretaries of State for Near Eastern Affairs". Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
نطقب:United States Assistant Secretaries of State
