The Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs is the head of the
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, a bureau within the
United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or State Department, is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government responsible for the country's fore ...
. The Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs reports to the
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
Assistant Secretaries of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 1961—present
Note: the post had been abolished from 1978 to 1999. In 1978 the Bureau was abolished and its functions transferred to the International Communications Agency (subsequently the
United States Information Agency
The United States Information Agency (USIA), which operated from 1953 to 1999, was a United States agency devoted to " public diplomacy". In 1999, prior to the reorganization of intelligence agencies by President George W. Bush, President Bil ...
) under Reorganization Plan No. 2 (91 Stat. 1637). On October 1, 1999, pursuant to the integration of the U.S. Information Agency into the Department of State this position was revived.
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{{United States Assistant Secretaries of State
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs