東亞和太平洋事務助理國務卿 (英語:Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs ),通常稱作亞太事務助卿 或亞太助卿 ,為美國國務院 下屬機構——東亞和太平洋事務局 (亞太局)的主官。助卿主要的職務是協調美國 對亞太地區 之外交關係 ,並向國務卿 和政務次卿 針對該區事務提供諮詢。
1949年,政府行政組織委員會建議將某些特定職務提升至局級,及眾議院 通過將助卿人數由六人增加至十人後,美國國務院設立遠東助卿 (Assistant Secretaries of State for Far Eastern Affairs )職位。1966年11月1日,國務院又依據行政命令 將其職務改劃給亞太事務助卿。遠東事務處(Division of Far Eastern Affairs )成立於1908年,並且為美國國務院第一個根據地理位置劃分的事務機構,目前已更名為亞太事務局。
歷任遠東事務助卿
歷任東亞和太平洋事務助卿
參考來源及註釋
^ 巴特沃斯原先的職稱是「遠東事務助卿」,1950年3月20日時改為「日本事務助卿」(Assistant Secretary of State for Japanese Affairs )
^ Initially commissioned during a recess of the Senate. He was later confirmed and re-commissioned on March 5, 1962.
^ Godley was never commissioned and President Nixon withdrew his nomination before the Senate acted upon it.
^ This date appears to be an error on the State Department's website: 存档副本 . [2007-09-21 ] . (原始內容 存檔於2007-09-23).
^ Nomination withdrawn.
^ BIOGRAPHY: Revere, Evans J.R. Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs . U. S. Department of State . 2005-02-28 [2005-08-27 ] . (原始內容 存檔於2005-08-27).
^ Sung Kim - Acting Assistant Secretary - Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs . United States Department of State . [2021-03-28 ] . (原始內容 存檔於2021-06-18).