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 an Assistant Secretary of State .[ 2] [ 3]
List of Inspectors General of the Department of State
#
Name
Assumed office
Left office
President served under
1
Raymond C. Miller
November 19, 1957
October 31, 1960
Dwight D. Eisenhower
2
Gerald A. Drew
November 13, 1960
May 31, 1962
Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy
3
Norris S. Haselton
June 10, 1962
July 31, 1964
John F. Kennedy
4
Fraser Wilkins
July 23, 1964
August 8, 1971
John F. Kennedy , Lyndon B. Johnson , and Richard Nixon
5
Thomas W. McElhiney
July 1, 1971
July 18, 1973
Richard Nixon
6
James S. Sutterlin
October 15, 1973
August 31, 1974
Richard Nixon
-
Robert L. Yost (acting)
August 31, 1974
April 16, 1975
Gerald Ford
7
William E. Schaufele, Jr.
April 16, 1975
November 29, 1975
Gerald Ford
8
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
9
Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.
July 5, 1978
October 16, 1978
Jimmy Carter
10
Robert C. Brewster
January 15, 1979
January 18, 1981
Jimmy Carter
11
Robert Lyle Brown
July 7, 1981
June 30, 1983
Ronald Reagan
12
William Caldwell Harrop
December 12, 1983
August 27, 1986
Ronald Reagan
-
Byron Hollingsworth (acting)
August 27, 1986
August 14, 1987
Ronald Reagan
13
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
14
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
15
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
16
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
17
Cardell K. Richardson
May 20, 2024
January 24, 2025
Joe Biden and Donald Trump
-
Sandra J. Lewis (acting)
January 24, 2025
May 1, 2025
Donald Trump
-
Arne B. Baker (acting)
May 1, 2025
Present
Donald Trump
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] Barack Obama nominate anyone for that position.[ 10] 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] Mike Pompeo . Linick had been conducting several investigations into actions by Pompeo.[ 12] [ 13] [ 14] Stephen Akard , who was concurrently serving as the director of the State Department's Office of Foreign Missions, as acting Inspector General.[ 15] [ 16] Diana Shaw then became acting Inspector General.[ 17]
References
^ https://www.stateoig.gov/uploads/monthly_snapshot/snapshot_pdf/2025-4-state-oig-monthly-update.pdf [bare URL PDF ^ "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
^ 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 .
External links
