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United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
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Incumbent Todd D. Robinson since September 30, 2021
Reports to	Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights
Nominator	President of the United States
Inaugural holder	Mathea Falco
Formation	1979
Website	Official Website

Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is a position of the United States government within the Department of State that heads the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, which is responsible for development of policies and programs to combat international narcotics and crime.

On October 1, 1978, Congress, in the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for fiscal Year 1979, authorized the position of Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters, to be responsible for the overall coordination of the role of the Department of State in the international aspects of narcotics problems. This title had been given in full in each appointee's commission. The new Assistant Secretary, who headed the Bureau for International Narcotics Matters, replaced a Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State on Narcotics, who had served with a rank equivalent to an Assistant Secretary of State since 1971. The Department of State first supported the Department of the Treasury's Bureau of Narcotics in 1909. The title of this position was changed from International Narcotics Matters to International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs on February 10, 1995.

List of Assistant Secretaries of State for International Narcotics Matters, 1979–1995

List of Assistant Secretaries of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, 1995–present

The title "Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters" was renamed "Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs" on February 10, 1995.

References

1. "William R. Brownfield - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
2. "Acting Assistant Secretary Foote Travels to Haiti". U.S. Embassy in Haiti. October 30, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
3. "Daniel L. Foote". United States Department of State. Retrieved August 20, 2021.

External links

• Official website
• www.state.gov Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
• The Office of the Historian's list of former Assistant Secretaries

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