Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
Head of the United States Agency for International Development
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The administrator of the United States Agency for International Development is the head of the United States federal government's Agency for International Development (USAID).[1]
| Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development | |
|---|---|
Seal of USAID | |
 Flag of USAID | |
| Member of | National Security Council Deputies Committee |
| Nominator | President of the United States |
| Formation | 1961 |
| Website | www.usaid.gov |
The administrator is officially nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate. A 2017 reorganization of the US National Security Council placed the USAID administrator as a permanent member on the Deputies Committee.[2]
List of administrators
Denotes acting capacity. |
| No. | Name | Start | End | Duration | President(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | _(AR6815-B)_(cropped).jpg) |
Fowler Hamilton[3] | October 3, 1961[4] | December 7, 1962 | 1 year, 65 days | John F. Kennedy (1961–1963) | |
| 2 |  |
David Bell[3] | December 21, 1962 | July 31, 1966 | 3 years, 222 days | ||
| Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969) | |||||||
| 3 |  |
William Gaud[3] | August 3, 1966 | January 10, 1969 | 2 years, 180 days | ||
| 4 |  |
John Hannah[5] | April 2, 1969 | October 7, 1973 | 4 years, 188 days | Richard Nixon (1969–1974) | |
| 5 | |
Daniel Parker[5] | October 31, 1973 | January 19, 1977 | 3 years, 80 days | ||
| Gerald Ford (1974–1977) | |||||||
| 6 | _(cropped).png) |
Jack Gilligan[5] | March 30, 1977 | March 31, 1979 | 2 years, 1 day | Jimmy Carter (1977–1981) | |
| 7 | _(page_13_crop).jpg) |
Douglas Bennet[5] | August 3, 1979 | January 20, 1981 | 1 year, 170 days | ||
| 8 | .jpg) |
Peter McPherson[5] | February 27, 1981 | August 7, 1987 | 6 years, 161 days | Ronald Reagan (1981–1989) | |
| 9 | |
Alan Woods[5] | December 1, 1987 | June 29, 1989 | 1 year, 210 days | ||
| George H. W. Bush (1989–1993) | |||||||
| 10 |  |
Ronald Roskens[5] | March 22, 1990 | December 1, 1992 | 2 years, 254 days | ||
| 11 | ,_page_6_crop).jpg) |
Brian Atwood[6] | May 10, 1993 | June 30, 1999 | 6 years, 51 days | Bill Clinton (1993–2001) | |
| 12 | |
Brady Anderson[6] | August 2, 1999 | January 20, 2001 | 1 year, 171 days | ||
| 13 |  |
Andrew Natsios | May 1, 2001 | January 14, 2006 | 4 years, 258 days | George W. Bush (2001–2009) | |
| 14 |  |
Randy Tobias | March 31, 2006 | April 27, 2007 | 1 year, 27 days | ||
| 15 |  |
Henrietta Fore | November 14, 2007 | January 20, 2009 | 1 year, 67 days | ||
| – |  |
Alonzo Fulgham Acting |
January 20, 2009 | January 7, 2010 | 352 days | Barack Obama (2009–2017) | |
| 16 |  |
Raj Shah | January 7, 2010 | February 19, 2015 | 5 years, 12 days | ||
| – |  |
Alfonso Lenhardt Acting |
February 19, 2015 | December 2, 2015 | 286 days | ||
| 17 |  |
Gayle Smith | December 2, 2015 | January 20, 2017 | 1 year, 49 days | ||
| – | .jpg) |
Wade Warren Acting |
January 20, 2017 | August 7, 2017 | 199 days | Donald Trump (2017–2021) | |
| 18 |  |
Mark Green | August 7, 2017 | April 10, 2020 | 2 years, 247 days | ||
| – | .jpg) |
John Barsa[7] Acting |
April 13, 2020 | January 20, 2021 | 282 days | ||
| – | .jpg) |
Gloria Steele[8] Acting |
January 20, 2021 | May 2, 2021 | 102 days | Joe Biden (2021–2025) | |
| 19 |  |
Sam Power[9] | May 3, 2021 | January 20, 2025 | 3 years, 262 days | ||
| – | .jpg) |
Jason Gray[10] Acting |
January 20, 2025 | February 3, 2025 | 14 days | Donald Trump (2025–present) | |
| – |  |
Marco Rubio[11] Acting |
February 3, 2025 | August 29, 2025 | 207 days | ||
| – |  |
Russ Vought[12] Acting |
August 29, 2025 | November 24, 2025 | 87 days | ||
| – |  |
Eric Ueland[13] Acting |
November 24, 2025 | present | 189 days | ||
