Coordinator for Counterterrorism
The Coordinator for Counterterrorism heads the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Counterterrorism, which coordinates U.S. government efforts to fight terrorism.[1] As the head of the counterterrorism bureau, the Coordinator for Counterterrorism has the rank of both Ambassador-at-Large and Assistant Secretary.[2][3]
United States Coordinator for Counterterrorism | |
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Seal of the United States Department of State | |
Incumbent John T. Godfrey Acting since January 20, 2021 | |
Nominator | President of the United States |
Inaugural holder | L. Douglas Heck |
Formation | 1976 |
Website | Official website |
The current Coordinator for Counterterrorism is Nathan Sales.[4]
List of Coordinators for Combating Terrorism
Name | Assumed Office | Left Office | President served under |
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L. Douglas Heck | August 29, 1976 | June 6, 1977 | Gerald Ford |
Heyward Isham | October 26, 1977 | August 1, 1978 | Jimmy Carter |
Anthony C. E. Quainton | August 16, 1978 | August 1, 1981 | |
Robert M. Sayre | May 11, 1982 | September 10, 1984 | Ronald Reagan |
Robert B. Oakley | September 10, 1984 | October 12, 1986 | |
L. Paul Bremer | October 16, 1986 | May 25, 1989 | |
Morris D. Busby | May 1, 1989 | July 24, 1991 | George H. W. Bush |
Peter Burleigh | November 22, 1991 | November 23, 1992 | |
Philip C. Wilcox Jr. | March 24, 1995 | June 27, 1997 | Bill Clinton |
Christopher W.S. Ross | March 24, 1995 | December 13, 1998 | |
Michael A. Sheehan | August 9, 1999 | December 20, 2000 | |
Francis X. Taylor | July 13, 2001 | November 15, 2002 | George W. Bush |
Cofer Black | November 26, 2002 | November 15, 2004 | |
Henry A. Crumpton | August 2, 2005 | February 2, 2007[5] | |
Dell L. Dailey | June 22, 2007 | April 3, 2009[6] | |
Daniel Benjamin | May 28, 2009 | December 2012 | Barack Obama |
Jerry P. Lanier | December 10, 2012 | February 2014 | |
Tina S. Kaidanow | February 18, 2014 | February 22, 2016 | |
Nathan A. Sales | August 3, 2017 | January 20, 2021 | Donald Trump |
References
- Website of the Bureau of Counterterrorism
- "Assistant Secretaries and Equivalent Rank". January 20, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
- "Department Organization Chart". March 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
- "Sales, Nathan A." Archived from the original on August 15, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
- Biography of Henry A. Crumpton, U.S. State Department archive
- Biography of Dell L. Dailey, U.S. State Department archive
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