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• A. Elizabeth Jones
• Arthur A. Hartman
• Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
• Atlantic Ocean
• Barack Obama
• Bill Clinton
• Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
• Canada
• Charles Burke Elbrick
• Cyprus
• Daniel Fried
• Department of State
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Eurasia
• Europe
• Foy D. Kohler
• George H. W. Bush
• George S. Vest
• George W. Bush
• George Walbridge Perkins, Jr.
• Gerald Ford
• Greece
• Harry S. Truman
• Hoover Commission
• James F. Dobbins
• James W. Riddleberger
• Jimmy Carter
• John C. Kornblum
• John F. Kennedy
• John M. Leddy
• Lawrence Eagleburger
• Livingston T. Merchant
• Lyndon B. Johnson
• Marc Grossman
• Martin J. Hillenbrand
• Philip Gordon
• Philip Gordon (diplomat)
• President of the United States
• Raymond G. H. Seitz
• Richard Holbrooke
• Richard Nixon
• Richard R. Burt
• Ronald Reagan
• Rozanne L. Ridgway
• Stephen A. Oxman
• Thomas Niles
• Turkey
• Under Secretary for Political Affairs
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• Walter C. Dowling
• Walter John Stoessel, Jr.
• William R. Tyler
• World War I
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Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs

The Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs is a position within the American Department of State that leads the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs charged with implementing American foreign policy in Europe and Eurasia, and with advising the Under Secretary for Political Affairs on matters relating to diplomatic missions within that area. The current Assistant Secretary is Philip Gordon.

Originally, the Department of State first established a Division of Western European Affairs in 1909, which handled European nations primarily bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and their colonies. The Division of Near Eastern Affairs handled relations with most Central, Eastern, and Southern European countries until after World War I. During the interwar period, responsibility for much of Central and Eastern Europe shifted to the Division of European Affairs, although Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus were handled as part of the Near East until April 18, 1974. Following World War II, the Department completed the transfer of responsibility for the former colonies of European nations, except Canada, to the Bureaus of Near Eastern, South Asian, African Affairs, and Far Eastern Affairs.