Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of State by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. As of March 22, 2024[update], according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 40 nominees have been confirmed, 16 nominees are being considered by the Senate, 4 positions do not have nominees, and 20 appointments have been made to positions that don't require Senate confirmation.[1]
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Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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Antony Blinken[2] |
January 26, 2021[3] | — | |
Kurt M. Campbell[5] |
February 12, 2024
(Confirmed February 6, 2024, 92–5)[RC 2] |
– | |
Wendy Sherman |
April 14, 2021[6]
(Confirmed April 13, 2021, 56–42)[RC 3] |
July 28, 2023[7] | |
Richard R. Verma |
April 5, 2023
(Confirmed March 30, 2023, 67–26)[RC 4] |
— | |
Brian P. McKeon | March 19, 2021[8]
(Confirmed March 18, 2021 by voice vote)[V 1] |
December 31, 2022[9][10] |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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TBA | — | — | |
Victoria Nuland |
May 3, 2021[11]
(Confirmed April 29, 2021 by voice vote)[V 2] |
March 22, 2024 | |
Mary Catherine Phee[12] |
September 30, 2021[13]
(Confirmed September 28, 2021, 67–31)[RC 5] |
— | |
— |
Daniel Kritenbrink[14] |
September 24, 2021[15]
(Confirmed September 23, 2021, 72–14)[RC 6] |
— |
— |
James C. O'Brien |
October 5, 2023[16]
(Confirmed October 4, 2023, 67–31)[RC 7] |
— |
Karen Donfried[12] |
September 30, 2021[17]
(Confirmed September 28, 2021, 73–26)[RC 8] |
March 31, 2023[17] | |
— |
Michele J. Sison[12] |
December 21, 2021[18]
(Confirmed December 18, 2021 by voice vote)[V 3] |
— |
Barbara A. Leaf[12] |
May 31, 2022[19]
(Confirmed May 18, 2022, 54–44)[RC 9] |
— | |
— |
Donald Lu[20] |
September 15, 2021[21]
(Confirmed September 13, 2021 by voice vote)[V 4] |
— |
Brian A. Nichols[14] |
September 15, 2021[22]
(Confirmed September 13, 2021 by voice vote)[V 5] |
— | |
— |
Elizabeth H. Richard[23] |
December 29, 2023
(Confirmed December 19, 2023, 49–15)[RC 10] |
— |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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— |
Bonnie Jenkins |
July 22, 2021[24]
(Confirmed July 21, 2021, 52–48)[RC 11] |
— |
— |
Mallory Stewart[25] |
April 18, 2022[26]
(Confirmed March 29, 2022 by voice vote)[V 6] |
— |
— |
TBA | — | — |
— |
C.S. Eliot Kang[27] |
March 31, 2022[28]
(Confirmed March 29, 2022, 52–46)[RC 12] |
— |
Jessica Lewis[20] |
September 30, 2021[29]
(Confirmed September 29, 2021, 70–27)[RC 13] |
— |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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— |
Jose W. Fernandez |
August 6, 2021[39]
(Confirmed August 5, 2021 by voice vote)[V 10] |
— |
— |
Ramin Toloui |
January 24, 2022[40]
(Confirmed December 16, 2021, 76–13)[RC 18] |
— |
— |
Erik Woodhouse[41] |
Announced September 5, 2023 | — |
James C. O'Brien[42] |
April 14, 2022
(Confirmed April 6, 2022, 71–26)[RC 19] |
October 5, 2023 | |
Geoffrey Pyatt |
September 19, 2022
(Confirmed September 15, 2022 by voice vote)[V 11] |
— | |
— |
Kris Sarri[43] | Announced November 30, 2023 | – |
Monica Medina[44] |
September 28, 2021[45]
(Confirmed September 28, 2021, 61–36)[RC 20] |
April 28, 2023[46] |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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John R. Bass[47] |
December 29, 2021[48]
(Confirmed December 18, 2021 by voice vote)[V 12] |
— | |
Alaina B. Teplitz[49] |
December 6, 2021[50] | — | |
Rena Bitter |
August 12, 2021[51]
(Confirmed August 9, 2021 by voice vote)[V 13] |
— | |
Gentry O. Smith[12] |
August 12, 2021[52]
(Confirmed August 9, 2021 by voice vote)[V 14] |
— | |
Marcia Bernicat[12] |
June 6, 2022[53]
(Confirmed May 26, 2022, 82–10)[RC 21] |
— | |
— |
Rebecca Gonzales[54] |
May 31, 2022[55]
(Confirmed May 19, 2022 by voice vote)[V 15] |
— |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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— |
Elizabeth M. Allen |
June 15, 2023 (Confirmed June 13, 2023, 66–33)[RC 22] |
— |
— |
Lee Satterfield[56] |
November 23, 2021[57]
(Confirmed November 18, 2021 by voice vote)[V 16] |
— |
William M. Russo |
February 15, 2023 | — | |
Elizabeth M. Allen[58] |
September 13, 2021 | April 4, 2022 |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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— |
Donna Brazile |
June 15, 2022[59] | — |
James Costos |
June 15, 2022[59] | — | |
James R. Berman | August 19, 2022[60] | — | |
Michael Trager | August 19, 2022[60] | — | |
Carmen Estrada-Schaye | November 22, 2022[61] | — | |
Bill Freeman | November 22, 2022[61] | — | |
Jennifer Lin | November 22, 2022[61] | — | |
Jill Nash | January 26, 2023[62] | — | |
Jed Katz | September 15, 2023[63] | — | |
David Price |
November 15, 2023[64] | — | |
Denise Grant | March 8, 2024[65] | — | |
Lynn Tincher-Ladner | March 8, 2024[65] | — |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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Margaret L. Taylor[66] |
Announced April 19, 2023 | — | |
— |
TBA | — | — |
TBA | — | — | |
Rufus Gifford |
January 3, 2022[67]
(Confirmed December 18, 2021 by voice vote)[V 17] |
July 28, 2023[68] | |
— |
Nate Fick |
September 21, 2022
(Confirmed September 15, 2022 by voice vote)[V 18] |
— |
— |
Stephan A. Lang[69] |
Announced July 25, 2023 | — |
— |
John Nkengasong[70] |
June 13, 2022
(Confirmed May 5, 2022 by voice vote)[V 19] |
— |
— |
John Nkengasong[71] |
Announced September 28, 2023 | — |
Geeta Rao Gupta[72] |
May 18, 2023
(Confirmed May 10, 2023, 51–47)[RC 23] |
— | |
Brett M. Holmgren[14] |
September 15, 2021[73]
(Confirmed September 13, 2021 by voice vote)[V 20] |
— | |
Naz Durakoğlu |
July 22, 2022
(Confirmed June 16, 2022 by voice vote)[V 21] |
— | |
Cardell K. Richardson | Announced July 26, 2023 | — | |
Suzy George[74] | January 20, 2021 | — | |
Derek Chollet[74] |
January 20, 2021 | — | |
Salman Ahmed[74] |
January 20, 2021 | — | |
Matthew Miller |
April 24, 2023[75] | — | |
Ned Price[74] |
January 20, 2021 | March 17, 2023 | |
Vedant Patel |
June 6, 2022[76][77] | — | |
Jalina Porter[74] |
January 20, 2021 | June 3, 2022 |
See also: List of ambassadors appointed by Joe Biden § United States Mission to the United Nations |
This list contains the non-ambassadorial appointments made within the scope of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office | |
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Jeffrey Prescott[74] |
January 20, 2021 | — | ||
— |
Linda Thomas-Greenfield[2] |
February 23, 2021[78]
(Confirmed February 23, 2021, 78–21)[RC 24] |
— | |
Dorothy Shea |
Announced January 3, 2023 | — | ||
— |
Lisa Carty |
April 8, 2022
(Confirmed March 29, 2022 by voice vote)[V 22] |
— | |
Robert A. Wood |
October 6, 2022
(Confirmed September 21, 2022 by voice vote)[V 23] |
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— |
Barbara Lee |
Announced September 3, 2023 | – | |
French Hill | ||||
Janet Keller | ||||
Jeffrey Worthe | ||||
— |
Patrick Leahy |
September 15, 2022 | September 27, 2022 | |
Jim Risch |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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Janet Keller | Announced March 11, 2022 | — |
Jay T. Snyder | Announced July 29, 2022 | — | |
James J. Blanchard |
Announced March 20, 2023 | — | |
Elliott Abrams |
Announced July 3, 2023 | — |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn | Notes |
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Sarah Margon[20] | April 23, 2021 | January 3, 2023 | |
Sarah H. Cleveland[79] |
August 10, 2021 | January 3, 2023 | ||
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Barbara Lee |
September 13, 2021 | January 3, 2023 | |
French Hill | ||||
Sim Farar | ||||
Tom Carnahan | ||||
— |
S. Douglas Bunch | September 6, 2022 | January 3, 2023 | |
Carol Leslie Hamilton | ||||
Andrew Weinstein | ||||
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Calvin Smyre |
September 3, 2023 | January 3, 2024 |