The Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State is the Director of the

Executive Secretariat The United States Department of State Executive Secretariat (S/ES) is composed of the Executive Secretary of the State Department and five deputy executive secretaries. It is responsible for coordination of the work of the Department of State int ...

. The position holds a rank equivalent to an Assistant Secretary. Each Executive Secretary is appointed by the Secretary of State. The Executive Secretary serves as the liaison and the clearinghouse between the

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’s bureaus and the leadership offices of the

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, the Deputy Secretaries, and the

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. The Executive Secretary also manages relations between the State Department and the

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, the

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, and other cabinet-level agencies. As the head of the Executive Secretariat, the Executive Secretary also manages the State Department's

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and prepares briefing papers about the Department during transitions between presidential administrations.

List of Executive Secretaries

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* 1961 establishments in Washington, D.C. {{US-gov-stub