Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration

U.S. government position

United States Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration
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Flag of an Assistant Secretary of State
Incumbent Marta Costanzo Youth (Acting) since October 7, 2024
Reports to	Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights
Nominator	President of the United States
Inaugural holder	John Alexander Baker, Jr.
Formation	1979
Website	Official Website

The Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration is the head of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration within the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration reports to the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights.

List of the Directors of the Bureau of Refugee Programs, 1979–1994

#	Name	Assumed office	Left office	President served under
1	John A. Baker, Jr.	August 26, 1979	October 30, 1980	Jimmy Carter
2	Frank E. Loy	June 1, 1980	January 30, 1981	Jimmy Carter
3	Richard David Vine	January 10, 1982	Sep 17, 1982	Ronald Reagan
4	James N. Purcell, Jr.	June 12, 1983	September 28, 1986	Ronald Reagan
5	Jonathan Moore	March 5, 1987	June 22, 1989	Ronald Reagan
6	Princeton Lyman	September 5, 1989	June 15, 1992	George H. W. Bush
7	Warren Zimmermann	June 15, 1992	March 3, 1994	Bill Clinton

List of the Assistant Secretaries of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration, 1994–present

#	Name	Assumed office	Left office	President served under
8	Phyllis E. Oakley	September 21, 1994	November 7, 1997	Bill Clinton
9	Julia V. Taft	November 10, 1997	January 19, 2001	Bill Clinton
10	Arthur E. Dewey	January 30, 2002	July 1, 2005	George W. Bush
11	Ellen Sauerbrey	January 12, 2006	December 31, 2007	George W. Bush
–	Samuel M. Witten (Acting)	December 31, 2007	July 9, 2009	George W. Bush
12	Eric P. Schwartz	July 9, 2009	October 4, 2011	Barack Obama
13	Anne C. Richard	April 2, 2012	January 20, 2017	Barack Obama
–	Simon Henshaw (Acting)	January 20, 2017	January 14, 2018	Donald Trump
–	Carol Thompson O'Connell (Acting)	January 22, 2018	January 20, 2021	Donald Trump
–	Richard Albright (Acting)	January 20, 2021	March 31, 2022	Joe Biden
14	Julieta Valls Noyes	March 31, 2022	October 4, 2024	Joe Biden
–	Marta Costanzo Youth (Acting)	October 7, 2024	Incumbent	Joe Biden

References

"Biography: Marta Costanzo Youth". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
Commissioned during a Senate recess after Senate refuses to act on her nomination.
"Carol Thompson O'Connell". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
"Richard Albright". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
@PRMAsstSec (October 4, 2024). "Today, I leave the @StatePRM torch with an incredible team..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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