Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs

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United States government office diplomatic position

The Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs is the senior U.S. diplomat responsible for directing and coordinating American foreign policy and diplomatic relations with countries across the African continent.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs canonical	4
Assistant Secretary for African Affairs	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States government office ⓘ diplomatic position ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
appointmentRequires	advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
department	Bureau of African Affairs ⓘ
formationYear	1958 ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	AF Assistant Secretary ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ surface form: sub-Saharan Africa
headOf	Bureau of African Affairs ⓘ
inception	11 September 1958 ⓘ
isHeadOf	United States diplomatic engagement with sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
isRanked	senior official of the United States Department of State ⓘ
jurisdiction	African continent ⓘ African countries ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia ⓘ
nominatedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
officeCreatedDuring	administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
officeHolderTitle	Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs self-link ⓘ
officeType	Assistant Secretary of State ⓘ
oversees	U.S. consulates in African countries ⓘ U.S. embassies in African countries ⓘ U.S. missions to regional organizations in Africa ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States Department of State ⓘ
partOf	United States Department of State ⓘ
policyArea	diplomacy ⓘ foreign policy ⓘ international relations ⓘ
positionHeldBy	career diplomats ⓘ political appointees ⓘ
precededBy	Director of the Office of African Affairs ⓘ
reportsTo	United States Secretary of State ⓘ
responsibleFor	United States foreign policy toward Africa ⓘ coordination of U.S. government policies toward sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ diplomatic relations between the United States and African countries ⓘ
seat	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
website	https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/african-affairs/ ⓘ
worksOn	conflict resolution in Africa ⓘ democracy promotion in Africa ⓘ economic development in Africa ⓘ health and humanitarian issues in Africa ⓘ human rights issues in Africa ⓘ
worksWith	African regional organizations ⓘ international organizations active in Africa ⓘ other U.S. government agencies on Africa policy ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of Regional Peace and Security → subordinateTo → Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs ⓘ

Office of the Executive Director → supports → Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assistant Secretary for African Affairs

Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs → officeHolderTitle → Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs self-link ⓘ

Susan Rice → positionHeld → Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs ⓘ

Governor G. Mennen Williams → positionHeld → Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs ⓘ

subject surface form: G. Mennen Williams