Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
In office February 14, 2014 – October 23, 2018
President
Barack Obama Donald Trump
Preceded by
Philip Goldberg
Succeeded by
Ellen E. McCarthy
United States Ambassador to Greece
In office September 28, 2010 – August 5, 2013
President
Barack Obama
Preceded by
Daniel V. Speckhard
Succeeded by
David D. Pearce
Personal details
Born
(1956-03-06) March 6, 1956 (age 68) Redwood City, California, U.S.
Education
University of Colorado, Boulder (BA) Stanford University (MA, PhD)
Daniel Bennett Smith (born March 6, 1956) is an American diplomat who served as the director of the Foreign Service Institute and acting United States Secretary of State at the presidential transition of Joe Biden.[1] He has held the rank of career ambassador since September 2018.[2] He previously served as Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research at the United States Department of State, assuming that post on February 14, 2014.[3] He is considered a veteran diplomat by the U.S. diplomatic community.[4]
^"New acting secretary of state is career diplomat". KOKH. Associated Press. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
^"Training center for U.S. diplomats gets a new director". Washington Post. October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
^"Daniel B. Smith". United States Department of State.
^Schwartz, Mattathias (February 26, 2019). "Mike Pompeo's Mission: Translate Trump to a Wary World". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
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