Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
- Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
The Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs is the head of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs within the United States Department of State, which handles U.S. foreign policy and relations in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
The position of Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs was renamed when responsibility for policy for five countries, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, was transferred from the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs to the Bureau of South Asian Affairs, which became the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. Richard A. Boucher was sworn in as the first to hold the current title on February 21, 2006 after the previous Assistant Secretary, Christina B. Rocca, left the Department.
Assistant Secretaries of State
*James P. Covey (acting), 1992-1993
*Robin L. Raphel, 1993-1997
*Karl Inderfurth, 1997-2001
*Christina B. Rocca, 2001-2006
*Richard Boucher, 2006-present
External links
* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2006/60885.htm A press release from the Department of State on the creation of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs]
* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/61773.htm The biography of the current Assistant Secretary at the Department of State website] .
* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/12105.htm The Department of State's list of former Assistant Secretaries]
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