Coordinator for Counterterrorism
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The Coordinator for Counterterrorism heads the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
, which coordinates U.S. government efforts to fight terrorism
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Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
The Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism is an office of the United States Department of State. It coordinates all U.S. Government efforts to improve counter-terrorism cooperation with foreign governments and participates in the development, coordination, and implementation of American...
, which coordinates U.S. government efforts to fight terrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
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List of Coordinators for Combating Terrorism
| Name | Assumed Office | Left Office | President President of the United States The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.... served under |
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| L. Douglas Heck | August 29, 1976 | June 6, 1977 | Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974... |
| Heyward Isham Heyward Isham Heyward Isham , was a negotiator who played an important role in the talks with North Vietnam that led to the Peace accord of 1973. He was born in New York 1926, studied International Relations at Yale, graduating in 1947 before being posted to the American Embassy in Berlin during the Cold War... |
October 26, 1977 | August 1, 1978 | Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office... |
| Anthony C. E. Quainton Anthony C. E. Quainton Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton is a former United States diplomat. He was born in Seattle on April 4, 1934 and was educated at Princeton University, where he received a B.A. in 1955, and Oxford University, England as a Marshall Scholar, where he received a B.Litt. in 1958. While in England, he... |
August 16, 1978 | August 1, 1981 | Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office... |
| Robert M. Sayre | May 11, 1982 | September 10, 1984 | Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor.... |
| Robert B. Oakley | September 10, 1984 | October 12, 1986 | Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor.... |
| L. Paul Bremer L. Paul Bremer Lewis Paul "Jerry" Bremer III is an American diplomat. He is most notable for being the U.S. Administrator to Iraq charged with overseeing the country's occupation after the 2003 invasion. In his role as head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, he reported primarily to the U.S. Secretary of... |
October 16, 1986 | May 25, 1989 | Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor.... |
| Morris D. Busby | May 1, 1989 | July 24, 1991 | George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to... |
| Peter Burleigh Peter Burleigh Albert Peter Burleigh is a United States foreign service officer and diplomat. He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy.... |
November 22, 1991 | November 23, 1992 | George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to... |
| Philip C. Wilcox, Jr. | March 24, 1995 | June 27, 1997 | Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation... |
| Christopher W.S. Ross Christopher W.S. Ross Christopher W.S. Ross is a United States State Department official and former United States Ambassador to Algeria and Syria. On January 7, 2009 he was appointed to be the new UN envoy to Western Sahara. He was until recently a special adviser for the Middle East and North Africa at the U.S.... |
March 24, 1995 | December 13, 1998 | Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation... |
| Michael A. Sheehan Michael A. Sheehan Michael A. Sheehan is a United States author and former government official and military officer.-Education:Sheehan graduated from Christian Brothers Academy in New Jersey in 1973 and the United States Military Academy in 1977... |
August 9, 1999 | December 20, 2000 | Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation... |
| Francis X. Taylor Francis X. Taylor Francis Xavier Taylor was the United States Coordinator for Counterterrorism from 2001 to 2002 and Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security from 2002 to 2005.-Biography:... |
July 13, 2001 | November 15, 2002 | George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000.... |
| Cofer Black Cofer Black Joseph Cofer Black is an American counter-terrorism expert and consultant. He had a 28-year career in the Directorate of Operations at the Central Intelligence Agency, culminating in his appointment as Director of the CIA's Counterterrorist Center in June 1999... |
November 26, 2002 | November 15, 2004 | George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000.... |
| Henry Crumpton | August 2, 2005 | February 2007 | George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000.... |
| Dell L. Dailey Dell L. Dailey Ambassador at Large Dell L. Dailey was the head of the State Department's counterterrorism office from July 2007 to April 2009. After a 36 year long career with the U.S. Army, he was appointed to coordinate the State Department's counterterrorism office.... |
June 22, 2007 | April 4, 2009 | George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000.... |
| Daniel Benjamin Daniel Benjamin Ambassador-at-large Daniel Benjamin is the coordinator for counterterrorism at the United States Department of State appointed by Secretary Clinton.-Life:He was a 1983 Marshall Scholar at New College, Oxford where he studied for BA in PPE.... |
May 28, 2009 | Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in... |