Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation

United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Thomas M. Countryman since June 2009
Nominator	Barack Obama
Inaugural holder	Stephen G. Rademaker (acting)
Formation	2005
Website	Official Website

The Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation is the head of the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, which is responsible for managing the nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and arms control functions of the United States Department of State. The position was created on September 13, 2005, when the Bureau of Arms Control and the Bureau of Nonproliferation were merged. The Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation reports to the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs.

Stephen G. Rademaker was the first Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation. He had been the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Arms Control, and in February 2005 he was named the head of the Bureau for Nonproliferation pending the two bureaus' merger. He was succeeded by Acting Secretary Francis C. Record and replaced by John C. Rood.

Assistant Secretaries of State for International Security and Nonproliferation

Name	Assumed Office	Left Office	President(s) served under
Stephen G. Rademaker (acting)	September 2005		George W. Bush
Francis C. Record (acting)			George W. Bush
John Rood	October 2006		George W. Bush
Mary Beth Long	December 21, 2007		George W. Bush
Vann H. Van Diepen (acting)	June 2009		Barack Obama
Thomas M. Countryman	September 27, 2011	Present	Barack Obama

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United States Assistant Secretaries of State (and Equivalent Ranks)

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs	African Affairs East Asian and Pacific Affairs European and Eurasian Affairs International Organization Affairs Near Eastern Affairs South and Central Asian Affairs Western Hemisphere Affairs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment	Economic and Business Affairs Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs	Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance International Security and Nonproliferation Political-Military Affairs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs	Educational and Cultural Affairs Public Affairs Coordinator for International Information Programs

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Management	Administration Consular Affairs Diplomatic Security Director General of the Foreign Service

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights	Conflict and Stabilization Operations Coordinator for Counterterrorism (Ambassador-at-Large) Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Population, Refugees, and Migration Trafficking in Persons (Ambassador-at-Large) War Crimes Issues (Ambassador-at-Large)

Reporting directly to the Secretary	Intelligence and Research Legislative Affairs Executive Secretary Inspector General Legal Adviser Director of Policy Planning Chief of Protocol Global Women's Issues (Ambassador-at-Large) Global AIDS Coordinator (Ambassador-at-Large)

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