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Office in the United States
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
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