Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of State by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. As of March 22, 2024 [update], according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 40 nominees have been confirmed, 16 nominees are being considered by the Senate, 4 positions do not have nominees, and 20 appointments have been made to positions that don't require Senate confirmation. [1]
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Vice presidential campaigns Published works
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Denotes appointees awaiting Senate confirmation.
Denotes appointees serving in an acting capacity.
Denotes appointees who have left office or offices which have been disbanded.
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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Antony Blinken [2] |
January 26, 2021 [3] | — | |
Kurt M. Campbell [5] |
February 12, 2024
(Confirmed February 6, 2024, 92–5) [RC 2] |
– | |
Wendy Sherman |
April 14, 2021
[6]
(Confirmed April 13, 2021, 56–42) [RC 3] |
July 28, 2023 [7] | |
Richard R. Verma |
April 5, 2023
(Confirmed March 30, 2023, 67–26) [RC 4] |
— | |
Brian P. McKeon | March 19, 2021
[8]
(Confirmed March 18, 2021 by voice vote) [V 1] |
December 31, 2022 [9] [10] |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
TBA | — | — | |
Victoria Nuland |
May 3, 2021
[11]
(Confirmed April 29, 2021 by voice vote) [V 2] |
March 22, 2024 | |
Mary Catherine Phee [12] |
September 30, 2021
[13]
(Confirmed September 28, 2021, 67–31) [RC 5] |
— | |
— |
Daniel Kritenbrink [14] |
September 24, 2021
[15]
(Confirmed September 23, 2021, 72–14) [RC 6] |
— |
— |
James C. O'Brien |
October 5, 2023
[16]
(Confirmed October 4, 2023, 67–31) [RC 7] |
— |
Karen Donfried [12] |
September 30, 2021
[17]
(Confirmed September 28, 2021, 73–26) [RC 8] |
March 31, 2023 [17] | |
— |
Michele J. Sison [12] |
December 21, 2021
[18]
(Confirmed December 18, 2021 by voice vote) [V 3] |
— |
Barbara A. Leaf [12] |
May 31, 2022
[19]
(Confirmed May 18, 2022, 54–44) [RC 9] |
— | |
— |
Donald Lu [20] |
September 15, 2021
[21]
(Confirmed September 13, 2021 by voice vote) [V 4] |
— |
Brian A. Nichols [14] |
September 15, 2021
[22]
(Confirmed September 13, 2021 by voice vote) [V 5] |
— | |
— |
Elizabeth H. Richard [23] |
December 29, 2023
(Confirmed December 19, 2023, 49–15) [RC 10] |
— |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
— |
Bonnie Jenkins |
July 22, 2021
[24]
(Confirmed July 21, 2021, 52–48) [RC 11] |
— |
— |
Mallory Stewart [25] |
April 18, 2022
[26]
(Confirmed March 29, 2022 by voice vote) [V 6] |
— |
— |
TBA | — | — |
— |
C.S. Eliot Kang [27] |
March 31, 2022
[28]
(Confirmed March 29, 2022, 52–46) [RC 12] |
— |
Jessica Lewis [20] |
September 30, 2021
[29]
(Confirmed September 29, 2021, 70–27) [RC 13] |
— |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
— |
Jose W. Fernandez |
August 6, 2021
[39]
(Confirmed August 5, 2021 by voice vote) [V 10] |
— |
— |
Ramin Toloui |
January 24, 2022
[40]
(Confirmed December 16, 2021, 76–13) [RC 18] |
— |
— |
Erik Woodhouse [41] |
Announced September 5, 2023 | — |
James C. O'Brien [42] |
April 14, 2022
(Confirmed April 6, 2022, 71–26) [RC 19] |
October 5, 2023 | |
Geoffrey Pyatt |
September 19, 2022
(Confirmed September 15, 2022 by voice vote) [V 11] |
— | |
— |
Kris Sarri [43] | Announced November 30, 2023 | – |
Monica Medina [44] |
September 28, 2021
[45]
(Confirmed September 28, 2021, 61–36) [RC 20] |
April 28, 2023 [46] |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
John R. Bass [47] |
December 29, 2021
[48]
(Confirmed December 18, 2021 by voice vote) [V 12] |
— | |
Alaina B. Teplitz [49] |
December 6, 2021 [50] | — | |
Rena Bitter |
August 12, 2021
[51]
(Confirmed August 9, 2021 by voice vote) [V 13] |
— | |
Gentry O. Smith [12] |
August 12, 2021
[52]
(Confirmed August 9, 2021 by voice vote) [V 14] |
— | |
Marcia Bernicat [12] |
June 6, 2022
[53]
(Confirmed May 26, 2022, 82–10) [RC 21] |
— | |
— |
Rebecca Gonzales [54] |
May 31, 2022
[55]
(Confirmed May 19, 2022 by voice vote) [V 15] |
— |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
— |
Elizabeth M. Allen |
June 15, 2023 (Confirmed June 13, 2023, 66–33) [RC 22] |
— |
— |
Lee Satterfield [56] |
November 23, 2021
[57]
(Confirmed November 18, 2021 by voice vote) [V 16] |
— |
William M. Russo |
February 15, 2023 | — | |
Elizabeth M. Allen [58] |
September 13, 2021 | April 4, 2022 |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
— |
Donna Brazile |
June 15, 2022 [59] | — |
James Costos |
June 15, 2022 [59] | — | |
James R. Berman | August 19, 2022 [60] | — | |
Michael Trager | August 19, 2022 [60] | — | |
Carmen Estrada-Schaye | November 22, 2022 [61] | — | |
Bill Freeman | November 22, 2022 [61] | — | |
Jennifer Lin | November 22, 2022 [61] | — | |
Jill Nash | January 26, 2023 [62] | — | |
Jed Katz | September 15, 2023 [63] | — | |
David Price |
November 15, 2023 [64] | — | |
Denise Grant | March 8, 2024 [65] | — | |
Lynn Tincher-Ladner | March 8, 2024 [65] | — |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
Margaret L. Taylor [66] |
Announced April 19, 2023 | — | |
— |
TBA | — | — |
TBA | — | — | |
Rufus Gifford |
January 3, 2022
[67]
(Confirmed December 18, 2021 by voice vote) [V 17] |
July 28, 2023 [68] | |
— |
Nate Fick |
September 21, 2022
(Confirmed September 15, 2022 by voice vote) [V 18] |
— |
— |
Stephan A. Lang [69] |
Announced July 25, 2023 | — |
— |
John Nkengasong [70] |
June 13, 2022
(Confirmed May 5, 2022 by voice vote) [V 19] |
— |
— |
John Nkengasong [71] |
Announced September 28, 2023 | — |
Geeta Rao Gupta [72] |
May 18, 2023
(Confirmed May 10, 2023, 51–47) [RC 23] |
— | |
Brett M. Holmgren [14] |
September 15, 2021
[73]
(Confirmed September 13, 2021 by voice vote) [V 20] |
— | |
Naz Durakoğlu |
July 22, 2022
(Confirmed June 16, 2022 by voice vote) [V 21] |
— | |
Cardell K. Richardson | Announced July 26, 2023 | — | |
Suzy George [74] | January 20, 2021 | — | |
Derek Chollet [74] |
January 20, 2021 | — | |
Salman Ahmed [74] |
January 20, 2021 | — | |
Matthew Miller |
April 24, 2023 [75] | — | |
Ned Price [74] |
January 20, 2021 | March 17, 2023 | |
Vedant Patel |
June 6, 2022 [76] [77] | — | |
Jalina Porter [74] |
January 20, 2021 | June 3, 2022 |
This list contains the non-ambassadorial appointments made within the scope of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office | |
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Jeffrey Prescott [74] |
January 20, 2021 | — | ||
— |
Linda Thomas-Greenfield [2] |
February 23, 2021
[78]
(Confirmed February 23, 2021, 78–21) [RC 24] |
— | |
Dorothy Shea |
Announced January 3, 2023 | — | ||
— |
Lisa Carty |
April 8, 2022
(Confirmed March 29, 2022 by voice vote) [V 22] |
— | |
Robert A. Wood |
October 6, 2022
(Confirmed September 21, 2022 by voice vote) [V 23] |
— | ||
— |
Barbara Lee |
Announced September 3, 2023 | – | |
French Hill | ||||
Janet Keller | ||||
Jeffrey Worthe | ||||
— |
Patrick Leahy |
September 15, 2022 | September 27, 2022 | |
Jim Risch |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
— |
Janet Keller | Announced March 11, 2022 | — |
Jay T. Snyder | Announced July 29, 2022 | — | |
James J. Blanchard |
Announced March 20, 2023 | — | |
Elliott Abrams |
Announced July 3, 2023 | — |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
— |
Sarah Margon [20] | April 23, 2021 | January 3, 2023 | |
Sarah H. Cleveland [79] |
August 10, 2021 | January 3, 2023 | ||
— |
Barbara Lee |
September 13, 2021 | January 3, 2023 | |
French Hill | ||||
Sim Farar | ||||
Tom Carnahan | ||||
— |
S. Douglas Bunch | September 6, 2022 | January 3, 2023 | |
Carol Leslie Hamilton | ||||
Andrew Weinstein | ||||
— |
Calvin Smyre |
September 3, 2023 | January 3, 2024 |
Confirmation votes
Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of State by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. As of March 22, 2024 [update], according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 40 nominees have been confirmed, 16 nominees are being considered by the Senate, 4 positions do not have nominees, and 20 appointments have been made to positions that don't require Senate confirmation. [1]
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Incumbent Tenure
Vice presidential campaigns Published works
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Denotes appointees awaiting Senate confirmation.
Denotes appointees serving in an acting capacity.
Denotes appointees who have left office or offices which have been disbanded.
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
Antony Blinken [2] |
January 26, 2021 [3] | — | |
Kurt M. Campbell [5] |
February 12, 2024
(Confirmed February 6, 2024, 92–5) [RC 2] |
– | |
Wendy Sherman |
April 14, 2021
[6]
(Confirmed April 13, 2021, 56–42) [RC 3] |
July 28, 2023 [7] | |
Richard R. Verma |
April 5, 2023
(Confirmed March 30, 2023, 67–26) [RC 4] |
— | |
Brian P. McKeon | March 19, 2021
[8]
(Confirmed March 18, 2021 by voice vote) [V 1] |
December 31, 2022 [9] [10] |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
TBA | — | — | |
Victoria Nuland |
May 3, 2021
[11]
(Confirmed April 29, 2021 by voice vote) [V 2] |
March 22, 2024 | |
Mary Catherine Phee [12] |
September 30, 2021
[13]
(Confirmed September 28, 2021, 67–31) [RC 5] |
— | |
— |
Daniel Kritenbrink [14] |
September 24, 2021
[15]
(Confirmed September 23, 2021, 72–14) [RC 6] |
— |
— |
James C. O'Brien |
October 5, 2023
[16]
(Confirmed October 4, 2023, 67–31) [RC 7] |
— |
Karen Donfried [12] |
September 30, 2021
[17]
(Confirmed September 28, 2021, 73–26) [RC 8] |
March 31, 2023 [17] | |
— |
Michele J. Sison [12] |
December 21, 2021
[18]
(Confirmed December 18, 2021 by voice vote) [V 3] |
— |
Barbara A. Leaf [12] |
May 31, 2022
[19]
(Confirmed May 18, 2022, 54–44) [RC 9] |
— | |
— |
Donald Lu [20] |
September 15, 2021
[21]
(Confirmed September 13, 2021 by voice vote) [V 4] |
— |
Brian A. Nichols [14] |
September 15, 2021
[22]
(Confirmed September 13, 2021 by voice vote) [V 5] |
— | |
— |
Elizabeth H. Richard [23] |
December 29, 2023
(Confirmed December 19, 2023, 49–15) [RC 10] |
— |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
— |
Bonnie Jenkins |
July 22, 2021
[24]
(Confirmed July 21, 2021, 52–48) [RC 11] |
— |
— |
Mallory Stewart [25] |
April 18, 2022
[26]
(Confirmed March 29, 2022 by voice vote) [V 6] |
— |
— |
TBA | — | — |
— |
C.S. Eliot Kang [27] |
March 31, 2022
[28]
(Confirmed March 29, 2022, 52–46) [RC 12] |
— |
Jessica Lewis [20] |
September 30, 2021
[29]
(Confirmed September 29, 2021, 70–27) [RC 13] |
— |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
— |
Jose W. Fernandez |
August 6, 2021
[39]
(Confirmed August 5, 2021 by voice vote) [V 10] |
— |
— |
Ramin Toloui |
January 24, 2022
[40]
(Confirmed December 16, 2021, 76–13) [RC 18] |
— |
— |
Erik Woodhouse [41] |
Announced September 5, 2023 | — |
James C. O'Brien [42] |
April 14, 2022
(Confirmed April 6, 2022, 71–26) [RC 19] |
October 5, 2023 | |
Geoffrey Pyatt |
September 19, 2022
(Confirmed September 15, 2022 by voice vote) [V 11] |
— | |
— |
Kris Sarri [43] | Announced November 30, 2023 | – |
Monica Medina [44] |
September 28, 2021
[45]
(Confirmed September 28, 2021, 61–36) [RC 20] |
April 28, 2023 [46] |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
John R. Bass [47] |
December 29, 2021
[48]
(Confirmed December 18, 2021 by voice vote) [V 12] |
— | |
Alaina B. Teplitz [49] |
December 6, 2021 [50] | — | |
Rena Bitter |
August 12, 2021
[51]
(Confirmed August 9, 2021 by voice vote) [V 13] |
— | |
Gentry O. Smith [12] |
August 12, 2021
[52]
(Confirmed August 9, 2021 by voice vote) [V 14] |
— | |
Marcia Bernicat [12] |
June 6, 2022
[53]
(Confirmed May 26, 2022, 82–10) [RC 21] |
— | |
— |
Rebecca Gonzales [54] |
May 31, 2022
[55]
(Confirmed May 19, 2022 by voice vote) [V 15] |
— |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
— |
Elizabeth M. Allen |
June 15, 2023 (Confirmed June 13, 2023, 66–33) [RC 22] |
— |
— |
Lee Satterfield [56] |
November 23, 2021
[57]
(Confirmed November 18, 2021 by voice vote) [V 16] |
— |
William M. Russo |
February 15, 2023 | — | |
Elizabeth M. Allen [58] |
September 13, 2021 | April 4, 2022 |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
— |
Donna Brazile |
June 15, 2022 [59] | — |
James Costos |
June 15, 2022 [59] | — | |
James R. Berman | August 19, 2022 [60] | — | |
Michael Trager | August 19, 2022 [60] | — | |
Carmen Estrada-Schaye | November 22, 2022 [61] | — | |
Bill Freeman | November 22, 2022 [61] | — | |
Jennifer Lin | November 22, 2022 [61] | — | |
Jill Nash | January 26, 2023 [62] | — | |
Jed Katz | September 15, 2023 [63] | — | |
David Price |
November 15, 2023 [64] | — | |
Denise Grant | March 8, 2024 [65] | — | |
Lynn Tincher-Ladner | March 8, 2024 [65] | — |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
Margaret L. Taylor [66] |
Announced April 19, 2023 | — | |
— |
TBA | — | — |
TBA | — | — | |
Rufus Gifford |
January 3, 2022
[67]
(Confirmed December 18, 2021 by voice vote) [V 17] |
July 28, 2023 [68] | |
— |
Nate Fick |
September 21, 2022
(Confirmed September 15, 2022 by voice vote) [V 18] |
— |
— |
Stephan A. Lang [69] |
Announced July 25, 2023 | — |
— |
John Nkengasong [70] |
June 13, 2022
(Confirmed May 5, 2022 by voice vote) [V 19] |
— |
— |
John Nkengasong [71] |
Announced September 28, 2023 | — |
Geeta Rao Gupta [72] |
May 18, 2023
(Confirmed May 10, 2023, 51–47) [RC 23] |
— | |
Brett M. Holmgren [14] |
September 15, 2021
[73]
(Confirmed September 13, 2021 by voice vote) [V 20] |
— | |
Naz Durakoğlu |
July 22, 2022
(Confirmed June 16, 2022 by voice vote) [V 21] |
— | |
Cardell K. Richardson | Announced July 26, 2023 | — | |
Suzy George [74] | January 20, 2021 | — | |
Derek Chollet [74] |
January 20, 2021 | — | |
Salman Ahmed [74] |
January 20, 2021 | — | |
Matthew Miller |
April 24, 2023 [75] | — | |
Ned Price [74] |
January 20, 2021 | March 17, 2023 | |
Vedant Patel |
June 6, 2022 [76] [77] | — | |
Jalina Porter [74] |
January 20, 2021 | June 3, 2022 |
This list contains the non-ambassadorial appointments made within the scope of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jeffrey Prescott [74] |
January 20, 2021 | — | ||
— |
Linda Thomas-Greenfield [2] |
February 23, 2021
[78]
(Confirmed February 23, 2021, 78–21) [RC 24] |
— | |
Dorothy Shea |
Announced January 3, 2023 | — | ||
— |
Lisa Carty |
April 8, 2022
(Confirmed March 29, 2022 by voice vote) [V 22] |
— | |
Robert A. Wood |
October 6, 2022
(Confirmed September 21, 2022 by voice vote) [V 23] |
— | ||
— |
Barbara Lee |
Announced September 3, 2023 | – | |
French Hill | ||||
Janet Keller | ||||
Jeffrey Worthe | ||||
— |
Patrick Leahy |
September 15, 2022 | September 27, 2022 | |
Jim Risch |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
— |
Janet Keller | Announced March 11, 2022 | — |
Jay T. Snyder | Announced July 29, 2022 | — | |
James J. Blanchard |
Announced March 20, 2023 | — | |
Elliott Abrams |
Announced July 3, 2023 | — |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
— |
Sarah Margon [20] | April 23, 2021 | January 3, 2023 | |
Sarah H. Cleveland [79] |
August 10, 2021 | January 3, 2023 | ||
— |
Barbara Lee |
September 13, 2021 | January 3, 2023 | |
French Hill | ||||
Sim Farar | ||||
Tom Carnahan | ||||
— |
S. Douglas Bunch | September 6, 2022 | January 3, 2023 | |
Carol Leslie Hamilton | ||||
Andrew Weinstein | ||||
— |
Calvin Smyre |
September 3, 2023 | January 3, 2024 |
Confirmation votes