Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions

The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions is an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who is the head of the Office of Financial Institutions. In June 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Christopher Campbell to the position. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 3, 2017.[1]

According to U.S. statute, there are ten Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate.[2] The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions reports to the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance, who in turn reports to the United States Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.

List of Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury for Financial Institutions (Incomplete)
Name Assumed Office Left Office President Appointed By Secretary Served Under
Richard S. Carnell[3] 1993 1999 Bill Clinton Lloyd Bentsen, Robert Rubin
Gregory Baer[4] 1999 2001 Bill Clinton Robert Rubin, Larry Summers
Sheila Bair[5] 2001 2002 George W. Bush Paul O'Neill
Wayne A. Abernathy[6] 2003 2005 George W. Bush John W. Snow
Emil Henry[7] 2005 2007 George W. Bush John W. Snow, Henry Paulson
David Nason[7] March 2007 March 2009 George W. Bush Henry Paulson
Michael Barr[8] May 2009 January 2010 Barack Obama Timothy Geithner
Cyrus Amir-Mokri November 2011 April 2014 Barack Obama Timothy Geithner
Christopher Campbell 2017 2018 Donald Trump Steven Mnuchin
Bimal Patel (attorney) 2019 2020 Donald Trump Steven Mnuchin

References
  1. Jagoda, Naomi. "Trump picks Senate aide for Treasury position". TheHill.com. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  2. 31 U.S.C. ยง 301(e)
  3. "Profile from Fordham University". Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Jim Puzzanghera "FDIC Chief in Tune with Democrats", Los Angeles Times, Nov. 18, 2008
  6. Profile from the Washington Association of Money Managers
  7. Profile from BusinessWeek
  8. Profile from WhoRunsGov Archived July 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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