The Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research is the head of the
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
The Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) is an intelligence agency in the United States Department of State. Its central mission is to provide all-source intelligence and analysis in support of U.S. diplomacy and foreign policy. INR is ...
(INR) within the
United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations. Equivalent to the ministry of foreign affairs of other n ...
. Before 1986, the head of INR was the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. The Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research reports to the
United States Deputy Secretary of State
The deputy secretary of state of the United States is the principal deputy to the United States Secretary of State, secretary of state. The current deputy secretary of state is Wendy Ruth Sherman, serving since April 2021 under United States Secre ...
. Since September 2021,
Brett M. Holmgren has served as the Assistant Secretary of State for INR.
Assistant Secretaries of State for Intelligence and Research, 1986–present
The office of "Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research" was renamed "Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research" on August 18, 1986.
List of directors of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, 1957–1986
References
External links
List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Intelligence and Research by the State Department HistorianBureau of Intelligence and Research Website
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