Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
| Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development | |
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| United States Agency for International Development | |
| Nominator | President of the United States |
| Inaugural holder | Fowler Hamilton |
| Formation | 1961 |
| Deputy | Michele Sumilas,
Assistant to the Adminisator For Management And Resources Isobel Coleman, Deputy Adminisator For Policy And Programming |
| Website | www.usaid.gov |
The administrator of the United States Agency for International Development is the head of the United States federal government's Agency for International Development (USAID).
The administrator is officially nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate. A 2017 reorganisation of the US National Security Council, placed the USAID administrator as a permanent member on the Deputies Committee.[1]
The position was vacant from November 6, 2020, until January 20, 2021, as acting Administrator John Barsa had been forced to resign under the requirements of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. Instead of nominating Barsa and sending it to the U.S. Senate, President Donald Trump fired Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick and named Barsa to her position in an acting capacity, while keeping the administrator's position vacant. As a result, Barsa remained the agency's top executive.[2] The Biden administration nominated Samantha Power to become the next administrator, and she was confirmed by the Senate on a vote of 68–26.[3]
List of administrators
[edit]| No. | Administrator | Tenure | Total days | President(s) served under |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fowler Hamilton[4] | September 30, 1961 – December 7, 1962 | 69 | John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 2 | David E. Bell[4] | December 21, 1961 – July 31, 1966 | 1684 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 3 | William Gaud[4] | August 3, 1966 – January 10, 1969 | 892 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 4 | John A. Hannah[5] | April 2, 1969 – October 7, 1973 | 1650 | Richard Nixon |
| 5 | Daniel Parker[5] | October 31, 1973 – January 19, 1977 | 1177 | Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford |
| 6 | John J. Gilligan[5] | March 30, 1977 – March 31, 1979 | 732 | Jimmy Carter |
| 7 | Douglas Bennet[5] | August 3, 1979 – January 20, 1981 | 537 | |
| 8 | M. Peter McPherson[5] | February 27, 1981 – August 7, 1987 | 2353 | Ronald Reagan |
| 9 | M. Alan Woods[5] | December 1, 1987 – June 29, 1989 | 577 | Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush |
| 10 | Ronald Roskens[5] | March 22, 1990 – December 1, 1992 | 986 | George H. W. Bush |
| 11 | J. Brian Atwood[6] | May 10, 1993 – June 30, 1999 | 2243 | Bill Clinton |
| 12 | J. Brady Anderson[6] | August 2, 1999 – January 20, 2001 | 528 | |
| 13 | Andrew Natsios | May 1, 2001 – January 14, 2006 | 1720 | George W. Bush |
| 14 | Randall L. Tobias | March 31, 2006 – April 27, 2007 | 393 | |
| 15 | Henrietta H. Fore | November 14, 2007 – January 20, 2009 | 434 | |
| – | Alonzo Fulgham | January 20, 2009 – January 7, 2010 (acting) | 353 | Barack Obama |
| 16 | Rajiv Shah | January 7, 2010 – February 19, 2015 | 1870 | |
| – | Alfonso E. Lenhardt | February 19, 2015 – December 2, 2015 (acting) | 287 | |
| 17 | Gayle E. Smith | December 2, 2015 – January 20, 2017 | 416 | |
| – | Wade Warren | January 20, 2017 – August 7, 2017 (acting) | 200 | Donald Trump |
| 18 | Mark Green | August 7, 2017 – April 10, 2020 | 978 | |
| – | John Barsa | April 13, 2020 – November 6, 2020 (acting) | 208 | |
| – | Gloria Steele[7] | January 20, 2021 – May 2, 2021 (acting) | 103 | Joe Biden |
| 19 | Samantha Power | May 3, 2021 – present | – | |
| *Estimate only | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ Morris, Scott. "Maybe the Trump Administration Just Elevated Development Policy, or Maybe Not". Center for Global Development. Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ "ON USAID LEADERSHIP". Archived from the original on 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- ^ Biden names acting heads of development agencies
- ^ a b c "Kennedy, Johnson and the early years". Devex. July 23, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g "The Cold War and its aftermath". Devex. July 23, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^ a b "The clashes of the 1990s". Devex. July 23, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^ "Gloria D. Steele - Chief Operating Officer". CARE. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
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