The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability was the head of the
Office of Financial Stability The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability was the head of the Office of Financial Stability in the United States Department of the Treasury.
The position was created on October 3, 2008 by the Emergency Economic Stabilization ...
in the
United States Department of the Treasury
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.
The position was created on October 3, 2008 by the
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
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, the act that created the Office of Financial Stability to administer the
Troubled Asset Relief Program
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.
By law, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability is appointed by the
President of the United States
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with the
advice and consent
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of the
United States Senate
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.Pub.L. 110-343 §101(a)(3)(A) /ref> During a vacancy, the
United States Secretary of the Treasury
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is authorized to appoint an Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability.
The position was abolished after
Timothy Massad
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.
List of Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury for Financial Stability
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George W. Bush
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Timothy Geithner
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Barack Obama
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,
Timothy Geithner
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,
Timothy Massad
Timothy George Massad (born July 30, 1956) is an American lawyer and government official who served as the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) under President Barack Obama. He had previously been Assistant Secretary for Fi ...
Barack Obama
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,
Timothy Geithner
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Jack Lew
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See also
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Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
A United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury is one of several positions in the United States Department of the Treasury, serving under the United States Secretary of the Treasury.
History
According to U.S. statute, there are eight Assista ...