title: Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security
text: # Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security
  
  The Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security is the head of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security in the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security reports to the Under Secretary of State for Management.
  
  Gentry O. Smith was confirmed as the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security on August 9, 2021.
  
  ## Assistant Secretaries of State for Diplomatic Security, 1987—present
  
  | Name | Assumed office | Left office | President appointed by |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Robert E. Lamb | June 19, 1987 | August 9, 1989 | Ronald Reagan |
  | Sheldon J. Krys | August 9, 1989 | August 7, 1992 | George H. W. Bush |
  | Anthony C. E. Quainton | September 23, 1992 | December 29, 1995 | George H. W. Bush |
  | Eric J. Boswell | January 5, 1996 | January 31, 1998 | Bill Clinton |
  | Patrick F. Kennedy (acting) | January 31, 1998 | August 11, 1998 | Bill Clinton |
  | David G. Carpenter | August 11, 1998 | June 29, 2002 | Bill Clinton |
  | Francis X. Taylor | November 18, 2002 | February 19, 2005 | George W. Bush |
  | Richard J. Griffin | June 22, 2005 | November 1, 2007 | George W. Bush |
  | Gregory B. Starr (acting) | November 1, 2007 | July 7, 2008 | George W. Bush |
  | Eric J. Boswell | July 7, 2008 | December 19, 2012 | George W. Bush, Barack Obama |
  | Scott Bultrowicz (acting) | December 19, 2012 | November 18, 2013 | Barack Obama |
  | Gregory B. Starr | November 18, 2013 | January 20, 2017 | Barack Obama |
  | Bill Miller (interim) | January 21, 2017 | June 27, 2017 | N/A |
  | Christian J. Schurman (acting) | June 27, 2017 | November 3, 2017 | N/A |
  | Michael Evanoff | November 3, 2017 | July 24, 2020 | Donald Trump |
  | Todd J. Brown (acting) | August 1, 2020 | August 12, 2021 | N/A |
  | Gentry O. Smith | August 12, 2021 | Incumbent | Joe Biden |
  