Inspector General of the Department of State
U.S. government position
The inspector general of the Department of State heads the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State and is responsible for detecting and investigating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the United States Department of State . In the department, the inspector general has a rank equivalent to assistant secretary .[2] [3]
List of inspectors general of the Department of State
Name
Assumed office
Left office
President served under
Raymond C. Miller
November 19, 1957
October 31, 1960
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gerald A. Drew
November 13, 1960
May 31, 1962
Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy
Norris S. Haselton
June 10, 1962
July 31, 1964
John F. Kennedy
Fraser Wilkins
July 23, 1964
August 8, 1971
John F. Kennedy , Lyndon B. Johnson , and Richard Nixon
Thomas W. McElhiney
July 1, 1971
July 18, 1973
Richard Nixon
James S. Sutterlin
October 15, 1973
August 31, 1974
Richard Nixon
Robert L. Yost (acting)
August 31, 1974
April 16, 1975
Gerald Ford
William E. Schaufele, Jr.
April 16, 1975
November 29, 1975
Gerald Ford
Robert M. Sayre
November 25, 1975
May 1, 1978
Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter
Brandon Grove (acting)
May 1, 1978
July 5, 1978
Jimmy Carter
Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.
July 5, 1978
October 16, 1978
Jimmy Carter
Robert C. Brewster
January 15, 1979
January 18, 1981
Jimmy Carter
Robert Lyle Brown
July 7, 1981
June 30, 1983
Ronald Reagan
William Caldwell Harrop
December 12, 1983
August 27, 1986
Ronald Reagan
Byron Hollingsworth (acting)
August 27, 1986
August 14, 1987
Ronald Reagan
Sherman M. Funk
August 14, 1987
February 15, 1994
Ronald Reagan , George H. W. Bush , and Bill Clinton
Roscoe S. Suddarth (acting)
February 15, 1994
June 12, 1994
Bill Clinton
Harold W. Geisel (acting)
June 12, 1994
April 7, 1995
Bill Clinton
Jacquelyn L. Williams-Bridgers
April 7, 1995
January 31, 2001
Bill Clinton
Anne Marie Sigmund (acting)
February 4, 2001
August 3, 2001
George W. Bush
Clark Ervin (acting)
August 3, 2001
January 23, 2003
George W. Bush
Anne Marie Sigmund (acting)
January 24, 2003
September 28, 2003
George W. Bush
Anne W. Patterson (acting)
September 28, 2003
August 3, 2004
George W. Bush
John E. Lange (acting)
August 3, 2004
August 23, 2004
George W.Bush
Cameron R. Hume (acting)
August 23, 2004
May 2, 2005
George W. Bush
Howard Krongard
May 2, 2005
January 15, 2008
George W. Bush
William E. Todd (acting)
January 15, 2008
June 2, 2008
George W. Bush
Harold W. Geisel (acting)
June 2, 2008[4]
September 30, 2013
George W. Bush and Barack Obama
Steve A. Linick
September 30, 2013[5]
May 15, 2020[6]
Barack Obama and Donald Trump
Stephen Akard (acting)
May 15, 2020
August 7, 2020[7]
Donald Trump
Diana Shaw (acting)
August 7, 2020
August 31, 2020
Donald Trump
Matthew Klimow (acting)
August 31, 2020
December 11, 2020[8]
Donald Trump
Diana Shaw (acting)
December 11, 2020
April 5, 2024
Donald Trump and Joe Biden
Sandra J. Lewis (acting)
April 5, 2024
May 20, 2024
Joe Biden
Cardell K. Richardson
May 20, 2024
Incumbent
Joe Biden
Obama and Trump administrations
Harold W. Geisel served as acting inspector general during Hillary Clinton 's service as Secretary of State.[1] , which lasted until February 1, 2013.[9] There was no permanent inspector general at the State Department while Clinton was Secretary, nor did President Barack Obama nominate anyone for that position.[10] Later in 2013, Obama nominated Steve A. Linick , and the Senate confirmed Linick to the role.
Linick served as inspector general for the balance of Obama's term, continuing into the presidency of Donald Trump . On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 10 p.m., the White House announced that Linick had been removed.[11] The White House said Trump had dismissed Linick at the request of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo . Linick had been conducting several investigations into actions by Pompeo.[12] [13] [14] Trump appointed Stephen Akard , who was concurrently serving as the director of the State Department's Office of Foreign Missions, as acting inspector general.[15] Akard served as acting inspector general less than three months before resigning.[16] Deputy Inspector General Diana Shaw then became acting inspector general.[17]
References
^ https://www.stateoig.gov/about/meet-the-ig
^ "Assistant Secretaries and Equivalent Rank" . January 20, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2015 .
^ "Department Organization Chart" . March 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2015 .
^ "Harold W. Geisel" . U.S. Department of State Archive . June 19, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2020 .
^ "Steve A. Linick, Inspector General" . U.S. Department of State . September 30, 2013. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2016 .
^ McGraw, Meridith; Toosi, Nahal (May 15, 2020). "Trump ousts State Department watchdog" . POLITICO . Retrieved May 16, 2020 .
^ Hudson, John (August 5, 2020). "State Department watchdog resigns in another shake-up at IG's office" . Washington Post . Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
^ "State Department watchdog steps down after Pompeo rails at report on investigation into wife's travel" . www.msn.com . Retrieved December 11, 2020 .
^ Cohen, Tom (February 1, 2013). "Clinton's farewell marred by embassy bombing" . CNN. Retrieved May 16, 2020 .
^ Tau, Byron and Nicholas, Peter. "State Department Lacked Top Watchdog During Hillary Clinton Tenure" , Wall Street Journal (March 24, 2015).
^ Blake, Aaron (May 18, 2020). "Trump's slow-motion Friday night massacre of inspectors general" . The Washington Post . Retrieved May 20, 2020 .
^ Kimball, Spencer (May 16, 2020). "Mike Pompeo recommended Trump firing of State Department inspector general, White House says" . CNBC . Retrieved May 20, 2020 .
^ Wong, Edward ; Sanger, David E. (May 19, 2020). "State Dept. Investigator Fired by Trump Had Examined Weapons Sales to Saudis and Emiratis" . The New York Times . Retrieved May 20, 2020 .
^ "Pompeo's elite taxpayer-funded dinners raise new concerns" . NBC News . May 19, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020 .
^ Toosi, Nahal (June 23, 2020). "Acting watchdog recuses himself from 2 Pompeo probes" . Politico . Retrieved August 6, 2020 .
^ Atwood, Kylie; Hansler, Jennifer (August 5, 2020). "Acting State Department watchdog resigns months after previous inspector general was fired" . CNN . Retrieved August 6, 2020 .
^ Hudson, John (August 2, 2020). "State Department watchdog resigns in another shake-up at IG's office" . The Washington Post . Retrieved August 6, 2020 .
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