The deputy secretary of state of the United States is the principal deputy to the secretary of state. If the secretary of state resigns or dies, the deputy secretary of state becomes acting secretary
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Antony John Blinken is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the 71st United States secretary of state from 2021 to 2025. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to
United States Deputy Secretary of State
…deputy secretaries of state went on to become appointed as the secretary of state, such as Lawrence Eagleburger in 1992, Warren Christopher in 1993, and Antony Blinken in 2021. 1919–1920: Frank Polk…
Official portrait, 2021
Blinken in the White House Situation Room (back of the room, blue shirt, leaning) during the Osama Bin Laden raid, as seen in the photograph named Situation Room
Blinken being sworn in as Secretary of State at the U.S. State Department on January 26, 2021
Blinken meeting with Kenyan President William Ruto on September 21, 2022