Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy | |
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Flag of an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury | |
Incumbent since March 2023Vacant | |
Department of the Treasury | |
Style | The Honorable |
Reports to | Secretary of the Treasury Deputy Secretary of the Treasury |
Nominator | President of the United States |
Salary | $155,500 (2010)[1] |
Website | Official website |
The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy is the head of the Office of Economic Policy in the United States Department of the Treasury. The position is held by Ben Harris. President Joe Biden announced he would nominate Ben Harris to the role on March 11, 2021.[2] Harris was confirmed by the Senate on November 3, 2021 and sworn in on November 15, 2021[3]
According to U.S. statute, there are ten Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate.[4] The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy reports directly to the United States Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.[5]
List of Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury for Economic Policy
Name | Assumed office | Left office | President | Treasury Secretary |
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Murray Weidenbaum | June 23, 1969 | August 13, 1971 | Richard Nixon | David M. Kennedy, John Connally |
Edgar Fiedler | December 12, 1971 | July 16, 1975 | Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford | John Connally, George P. Shultz, William E. Simon |
Sidney L. Jones | July 17, 1975 | January 20, 1977 | Gerald Ford | William E. Simon |
Daniel H. Brill | May 16, 1977 | September 30, 1979 | Jimmy Carter | W. Michael Blumenthal, G. William Miller |
Curtis A. Hessler | April 4, 1980 | January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter | G. William Miller |
Paul Craig Roberts | March 13, 1981 | February 1, 1982 | Ronald Reagan | Donald Regan |
Manuel H. Johnson | December 10, 1982 | February 7, 1986 | Ronald Reagan | Donald Regan, James Baker |
Michael R. Darby | July 14, 1986 | May 22, 1989 | Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush | James Baker, Nicholas F. Brady |
Sidney L. Jones[6] | October 31, 1989 | January 11, 1993 | George H. W. Bush | Nicholas F. Brady |
Alicia Munnell | May 20, 1993 | December 22, 1995 | Bill Clinton | Lloyd Bentsen, Robert Rubin |
Joshua Gotbaum | December 1995 | 1997 | Bill Clinton | Robert Rubin |
David W. Wilcox | November 6, 1997 | January 19, 2001 | Bill Clinton | Robert Rubin |
Richard Clarida | February 7, 2002 | May 16, 2003 | George W. Bush | Paul O'Neill, John W. Snow |
Mark J. Warshawsky | March 18, 2004 | July 28, 2006 | George W. Bush | John W. Snow |
Phillip Swagel[7] | December 11, 2006 | January 9, 2009 | George W. Bush | Henry Paulson |
Alan Krueger | May 7, 2009 | November 4, 2010 | Barack Obama | Timothy Geithner |
Janice Eberly[8][9] | October 21, 2011 | April 26, 2013 | Barack Obama | Timothy Geithner, Jack Lew |
Karen Dynan | June 26, 2014 | January 20, 2017 | Barack Obama | Jack Lew |
Michael Faulkender[10] | August 6, 2019 | January 20, 2021 | Donald Trump | Steve Mnuchin |
Ben Harris[2] | November 15, 2021 | March 2023 | Joe Biden | Janet Yellen |
See also
References
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- ^ a b "President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate Key Roles for the Department of Treasury". The White House. 11 March 2021.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Benjamin Harris, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury)". US Senate. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "31 U.S. Code § 301 - Department of the Treasury". LII / Legal Information Institute.
- ^ "Economic Policy | U.S. Department of the Treasury". home.treasury.gov.
- ^ "Jones, Sidney - Papers". www.ford.utexas.edu. Archived from the original on 11 March 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Economy Watch - Former Treasury Official Releases Tell-All". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012.
- ^ "Professor Janice Eberly confirmed as Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy". 21 October 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ "Treasury Department's Chief Economist Bids Farewell". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ "Gone till September". Politico.
- United States Department of the Treasury. History of the Office of Economic Policy. Accessed Jan. 11, 2014.