Deputy Under Secretaries of State for Management
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The Department of State by administrative action created the position of Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration, after Congress authorized ten Assistant Secretary of State positions (two of which could be at the Deputy Under Secretary of State level) in the Department of State Organization Act of 1949 (May 26, 1949; P.L. 81-73; 63 Stat. 111). Between 1953 and 1955, the ranking officer in the Department handling administrative matters was the Under Secretary of State for Administration. The Department re-established the position of Deputy Under Secretary for Administration in 1955, after Congress authorized three Deputy Under Secretary positions in the State Department Organization Act of Aug 5, 1955 (P.L. 84-250; 69 Stat. 536). The Department of State by administrative action changed the title of the position to Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management on Jul 12, 1971. The position of Deputy Under Secretary for Management was discontinued when an Act of Congress of Oct 7, 1978, established the permanent position of Under Secretary of State for Management (P.L. 85-426; 92 Stat. 968).
- John Emil Peurifoy (1949–1950)
- Carlisle Hubbard Humelsine (1950–1953)
- Loy Wesley Henderson (1955)
- Loy Wesley Henderson (1955–1961)
- Roger Warren Jones (1961–1962)
- William Horsley Orrick Jr. (1962–1963)
- William James Crockett (1963–1967)
- Idar Rimestad (1967–1969)
- William Butts Macomber Jr. (1969–1973)
- Lewis Dean Brown (1973–1975)
- Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger (1975–1977)
- Richard Menifee Moose (1977)
- Benjamin Huger Read (1977–1978)