Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is a position of the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 government within the Department of State that heads the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

__FORCETOC__The Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is a part of the Department of State within the United States government that advises the President, Secretary of State, other bureaux within the Department of State, and other departments and agencies within the U.S...

, which is responsible for development of policies and programs to combat international narcotic

Narcotic

The term narcotic originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with any sleep-inducing properties. In the United States of America it has since become associated with opioids, commonly morphine and heroin and their derivatives, such as hydrocodone. The term is, today, imprecisely...

s and crime. The current Assistant Secretary is David T. Johnson

David T. Johnson

David T. Johnson is a United States diplomat and the current Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.-Biography:...

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On October 1, 1978, Congress, in the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for fiscal Year 1979, authorized the position of Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters, to be responsible for the overall coordination of the role of the Department of State in the international aspects of narcotics problems. This title had been given in full in each appointee's commission. The new Assistant Secretary, who headed the Bureau for International Narcotics Matters, replaced a Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State on Narcotics, who had served with a rank equivalent to an Assistant Secretary of State since 1971. The Department of State first supported the Department of the Treasury's Bureau of Narcotics in 1909. The title of this position was changed from International Narcotics Matters to International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs on February 10, 1995.

List of Assistant Secretaries of State for International Narcotics Matters, 1979—1995

Name	Assumed Office	Left Office	President President of the United States The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....  served under
Mathea Falco Mathea Falco Mathea Falco is a leading expert in drug abuse prevention and treatment who served as the first U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs during the Carter Administration...	February 6, 1979	January 21, 1981	Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
Dominick L. DiCarlo Dominick L. DiCarlo Dominick Leonard DiCarlo was a member of the New York State Assembly, 1965–81; Ronald Reagan's first Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters, 1981–84; and a United States federal judge, 1984-1999....	September 25, 1981	July 13, 1984	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
Jon R. Thomas Jon R. Thomas Jon R. Thomas was United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters from 1984 to 1986.-Biography:Jon R. Thomas was born in Minneapolis on January 7, 1946. Thomas spent 1966 through 1969 as a member of the U.S...	October 10, 1984	April 18, 1986	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
Ann B. Wrobleski Ann B. Wrobleski Ann B. Wrobleski was the architect of Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" campaign and later United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters from 1986 to 1989.-Biography:...	September 30, 1986	June 17, 1989	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
Melvyn Levitsky Melvyn Levitsky Melvyn Levitsky is a United States diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Bulgaria and Brazil .From 1989 to 1993 he served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters...	June 23, 1989	November 23, 1993	George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
Robert S. Gelbard Robert S. Gelbard Robert S. Gelbard is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Bolivia and Indonesia . He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, and is a 1964 graduate of Colby College and a 1979 graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School, where he received a Master of Public Administration.In the...	November 23, 1993	April 10, 1997	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

List of Assistant Secretaries of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, 1995—Present

The title "Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters" was renamed "Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs" on February 10, 1995.

Name	Assumed Office	Left Office	President President of the United States The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....  served under
Robert S. Gelbard Robert S. Gelbard Robert S. Gelbard is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Bolivia and Indonesia . He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, and is a 1964 graduate of Colby College and a 1979 graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School, where he received a Master of Public Administration.In the...	November 23, 1993	April 10, 1997	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
Rand Beers Rand Beers Rand Beers was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as the Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. On June 19, 2009, Beers was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to direct NPPD’s integrated efforts to reduce risks to...	October 28, 1998	August 31, 2002	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...  and George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
Robert B. Charles Robert B. Charles Robert B. Charles is the former assistant secretary of state at the U.S. State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs...	October 6, 2003	March 15, 2005	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
Anne W. Patterson Anne W. Patterson Anne Woods Patterson is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service Officer. She currently serves as the United States Ambassador to Egypt. She previously served as acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations in 2005 and as United States Ambassador to Pakistan from July 2007 to...	November 28, 2005	May 2007	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
David T. Johnson David T. Johnson David T. Johnson is a United States diplomat and the current Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.-Biography:...	October 31, 2007		George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000.... , Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
William Brownfield William Brownfield William R. Brownfield is the current Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs as of January 10, 2011. . He has previously served as U.S. Ambassador to Chile, Venezuela, and Colombia....	January 10, 2011		Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

External links

• www.state.gov Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
• The Office of the Historian's list of former Assistant Secretaries