Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development

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).

Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
Seal of USAID
Flag of USAID
Incumbent Samantha Power since May 3, 2021
United States Agency for International Development
Nominator	President of the United States
Inaugural holder	Fowler Hamilton
Formation	1961
Deputy	Paloma Adams-Allen, Deputy Adminisator For Management And Resources Isobel Coleman, Deputy Adminisator For Policy And Programming
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 reorganisation of the US National Security Council, placed the USAID administrator as a permanent member on the Deputies Committee.^[1]

The position was vacant from November 6, 2020, until January 20, 2021, as acting Administrator John Barsa had been forced to resign under the requirements of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. Instead of nominating Barsa and sending it to the U.S. Senate, President Donald Trump fired Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick and named Barsa to her position in an acting capacity, while keeping the administrator's position vacant. As a result, Barsa remained the agency's top executive.^[2] The Biden administration nominated Samantha Power to become the next administrator, and she was confirmed by the Senate on a vote of 68–26.^[3]

List of administrators

No.	Administrator	Tenure	Total days	President(s) served under
1	Fowler Hamilton^[4]	1961–1962	365*	John F. Kennedy
2	David E. Bell^[4]	1962–1966	1461*	John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
3	William Gaud^[4]	1966–1969	1096*	Lyndon B. Johnson
4	John A. Hannah^[5]	1969–1973	1461*	Richard Nixon
5	Daniel Parker^[5]	1973–1977	1461*	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
6	John J. Gilligan^[5]	1977–1979	730*	Jimmy Carter
7	Douglas Bennet^[5]	1979–1981	731*
8	M. Peter McPherson^[5]	1981– October 15, 1987	2191*	Ronald Reagan
9	M. Alan Woods^[5]	1987–1989	731*	Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush
10	Ronald Roskens^[5]	1990–1992	730*	George H. W. Bush
11	J. Brian Atwood^[6]	May 10, 1993 – 1999	2278*	Bill Clinton
12	J. Brady Anderson^[6]	August 2, 1999 – January 20, 2001	527
13	Andrew Natsios	May 2001 – January 14, 2006	1720	George W. Bush
14	Randall L. Tobias	March 31, 2006 – April 27, 2007	393
15	Henrietta H. Fore	November 14, 2007 – January 20, 2009	434
–	Alonzo Fulgham	January 20, 2009 – January 7, 2010 (Acting)	353	Barack Obama
16	Rajiv Shah	January 7, 2010 – February 19, 2015	1870
–	Alfonso E. Lenhardt	February 19, 2015 – December 2, 2015 (Acting)	287
17	Gayle E. Smith	December 2, 2015 – January 20, 2017	416
–	Wade Warren	January 20, 2017 – August 7, 2017 (Acting)	200	Donald Trump
18	Mark Green	August 7, 2017 – April 10, 2020	978
–	John Barsa	April 13, 2020 – November 6, 2020 (Acting)	208
–	Gloria Steele^[7]	January 20, 2021 – May 2, 2021 (Acting)	103	Joe Biden
19	Samantha Power	May 3, 2021 – Present	–
*Estimate only

References

1. Morris, Scott. . Center for Global Development. Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
2. . Archived from the original on 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
3. Biden names acting heads of development agencies
4. "Kennedy, Johnson and the early years". Devex. July 23, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
5. "The Cold War and its aftermath". Devex. July 23, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
6. "The clashes of the 1990s". Devex. July 23, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
7. "Gloria D. Steele - Chief Operating Officer". CARE. Retrieved 2023-07-04.

External links

• USAID Leadership