For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 28, 2001
Executive Order on Succession at the Department of State
Executive Order Providing an Order of Succession within the Department of State
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies
Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., it is hereby ordered that:
Section 1. Subject to the provisions of section 3 of
this order, the officers named in section 2, in the order listed, shall
act as, and perform the duties of, the office of Secretary of State
(Secretary) during any period in which the Secretary has died,
resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and
duties of the office of Secretary.
Sec. 2. Order of Succession.
(a) Deputy Secretary of State;
(b) Deputy Secretary of State for Management and
Resources;
(c) Under Secretary of State designated for political
affairs pursuant to section 2651a(b) of title 22, United States Code;
(d) Under Secretary of State designated for management
affairs pursuant to section 2651a(b) of title 22, United States Code;
(e) The remaining Under Secretaries of State, in the
order in which they shall have taken the oath of office as such;
(f) Assistant Secretaries of State designated for
regional bureaus pursuant to section 2651a(c) of title 22, United States Code, in
the order in which they shall have taken the oath of office as such;
(g) The following officers, in the order in which they
shall have taken the oath of office as such:
(1) Remaining Assistant Secretaries of State;
(2) Coordinator for Counterterrorism;
(3) Director General of the Foreign Service; and
(4) Legal Adviser;
(h) United States Representative to the United Nations
(New York);
(i) Deputy United States Representative to the United
Nations (New York);
(j) The following other United States Representatives to
the United Nations (New York), in the order in which they shall have taken the oath of office as such:
United States Representative to the United Nations for United
Nations Management and Reform; United States Representative to the United Nations on the Economic
and Social Council of the United Nations; and Alternate United States Representative to the United Nations for
Special Political Affairs in the United Nations;
(k) The following Chiefs of Mission, in the order
listed:
(1) United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom;
(2) United States Ambassador to Canada;
(3) United States Ambassador to Australia;
(4) United States Ambassador to Mexico;
(5) United States Ambassador to Japan; and
(6) United States Ambassador to India;
(l) The following officers, in the order in which they
shall have taken the oath of office as such:
(1) United States Ambassadors at Large;
(2) Counselor; and
(3) Special Representatives of the President; and
(m) The remaining Chiefs of Mission, in the order in
which they shall have taken the oath of office as such.
Sec. 3. Exceptions.
(a) No individual who has not been appointed by the
President by and with the consent of the Senate shall act as Secretary pursuant to
this order.
(b) No individual who is serving in an office listed in
section 2(a)-(m) in an acting capacity shall act as Secretary pursuant to
this order.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this order, the
President retains discretion, to the extent permitted by the Federal
Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., to depart from this
order in designating an acting Secretary.
(d) A successor office, intended to be the equivalent of
an office identified in section 2 of this order, shall be deemed to be the
position identified in section 2 for purposes of this order.
Sec. 4. Executive Order 12343 of January 27, 1982, is
hereby revoked.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 28, 2001.
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