Spokesperson for the United States Department of State

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Spokesperson for the
United States Department of State
Seal of the United States Department of State.svg
Seal of the United States Department of State
John Kirby 2015.jpg
Incumbent
John Kirby
since May 12, 2015
Appointer John Kerry
Website Official Website

The Spokesperson for the United States Department of State is a U.S. government official whose primary responsibility is to serve as the spokesperson for the United States Department of State and the U.S. government's foreign policies. The position is located in the Bureau of Public Affairs.[1]

Historically, the State Department Spokesperson and the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs were synonymous names for the same role. However, this has not been the case since Philip J. Crowley's tenure ended in 2011.[2] Since 2011, the Assistant Secretary and the State Department Spokesperson have been two separate roles held by different people.[3] In late 2015, the two roles were once again merged with the appointment of Spokesperson John Kirby as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs.[4]

Responsibilities

The State Department Spokesperson is responsible for communicating the foreign policy of the United States to American and foreign media, typically in a daily press briefing. The daily press briefing typically includes a summary of the Secretary of State's schedule, any upcoming trips by the Secretary, the President of the United States, or other distinguished State Department officials including Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries, and official reactions and positions of the U.S. government on certain news of the day, followed by Q&A with journalists attending the briefing. The daily press briefing is on-the-record, and is recorded and made available on the State Department's website.

The State Department Spokesperson will also often accompany the Secretary of State on travel to assist with press conferences.

List of State Department Spokespeople

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Tenure Spokesperson President Secretary of State
1927–1945 Michael J. McDermott[5] Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman		 Frank B. Kellogg, Henry L. Stimson,
Cordell Hull, Edward Stettinius, Jr.
1945–1948 Roger Tubby[6] Harry S. Truman James F. Byrnes, George C. Marshall
1955–1963 Lincoln White[7] Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy John Foster Dulles, Christian Herter,
Dean Rusk
1964–1973 Robert J. McCloskey[8] Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon Dean Rusk, William P. Rogers
1966–1970 Carl E. Bartch[9]
1974–1976 Robert Anderson[10] Gerald Ford Henry Kissinger
1977–1980 Hodding Carter III[11] Jimmy Carter Cyrus Vance
1980–1981 William J. Dyess[12] Edmund Muskie
1981–1982 Dean E. Fischer[13] Ronald Reagan Alexander Haig
1982–1985 Robert John Hughes[14] George P. Shultz
1985–1986 Bernard Kalb[15]
1986–1989 Charles Edgar Redman[16]
1989–1992 Margaret D. Tutwiler[17] George H.W. Bush James Baker
1992–1993 Richard Boucher[18] Lawrence Eagleburger
1993–1995 Mike McCurry[19] Bill Clinton Warren Christopher
1995–1997 R. Nicholas Burns[20]
1997–2000 James Rubin[21] Madeleine Albright
2000–2005 Richard Boucher[18] Bill Clinton, George W. Bush Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell,
Condoleezza Rice
2005–2009 Sean McCormack[22] George W. Bush Condoleezza Rice
2009–2011 Philip J. Crowley Barack Obama Hillary Clinton
2011–2013 Victoria Nuland
2013–2015 Jen Psaki John Kerry
2015–present John Kirby

References

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External links

Daily Press Briefings at the U.S. State Department

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