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Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance

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The Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance is the head of the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance. The position was created on December 12, 1999, by Secretary Albright as the Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance. The Bureau became fully operational on February 1, 2000, and was first known as the Verification and Compliance Bureau. Within the department, the Assistant Secretary is responsible for all matters relating to the supervision of verification and compliance with international arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements. The bureau was given its current name during the Obama administration.

United States
Assistant Secretary of State
for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Mallory Stewart
since April 18, 2022
Reports toThe Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
NominatorThe President of the United States
Inaugural holderPaula A. DeSutter
Formation2000
WebsiteOfficial Website

President Joe Biden nominated lawyer and arms control expert Mallory Stewart for the position on June 2, 2021; she was confirmed by the Senate on March 29, 2022, and was sworn in on April 18, 2022.[1]

The Assistant Secretary advises the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security/Senior Adviser to the President and the Secretary of State for Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament on the appropriate uses of the "Key Verification Assets Fund," and manages the fund.

The Assistant Secretary is also responsible for the President's Annual Report to Congress on Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control Agreements, for Verifiability Assessments for all international arms control and nonproliferation agreements, and for specialized compliance reports required by U.S. Senate Resolutions of ratification, such as the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Assistant Secretaries of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance edit

Name Assumed office Left office President(s) served under
Paula A. DeSutter August 14, 2002 January 16, 2009 George W. Bush
Rose Gottemoeller April 6, 2009 March 7, 2014 Barack Obama
Frank A. Rose December 18, 2014 January 20, 2017 Barack Obama
Yleem D.S. Poblete April 30, 2018 June 7, 2019 Donald Trump
Bruce I. Turner (Senior Bureau Official)[2][3] January 20, 2021 September 2021 Joe Biden
Alexandra Bell (Senior Bureau Official)[4] September 2021 March 13, 2022
Paul Dean (Senior Bureau Official)[5] March 13, 2022 April 18, 2022
Mallory Stewart April 18, 2022 Incumbent

References edit

  1. ^ "President Biden Announces Seven Key Nominations". whitehouse.gov. White House. July 2, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "Technical Difficulties".
  3. ^ "Technical Difficulties".
  4. ^ "Technical Difficulties".
  5. ^ "Technical Difficulties".

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