Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy

The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy is the head of the Office of Economic Policy in the United States Department of the Treasury. The position is held by Ben Harris. President Joe Biden announced he would nominate Ben Harris to the role on March 11, 2021.^[2] Harris was confirmed by the Senate on November 3, 2021 and sworn in on November 15, 2021^[3]

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy
Flag of an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Incumbent Samuel Brown (Acting) since March 30, 2023
Department of the Treasury
Style	The Honorable
Reports to	Secretary of the Treasury Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
Nominator	President of the United States
Salary	$155,500 (2010)[1]
Website	Official website

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.^[4] The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy reports directly to the United States Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.^[5]

List of Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury for Economic Policy

Name	Assumed office	Left office	President	Treasury Secretary
Murray Weidenbaum	June 23, 1969	August 13, 1971	Richard Nixon	David M. Kennedy, John Connally
Edgar Fiedler	December 12, 1971	July 16, 1975	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford	John Connally, George P. Shultz, William E. Simon
Sidney L. Jones	July 17, 1975	January 20, 1977	Gerald Ford	William E. Simon
Daniel H. Brill	May 16, 1977	September 30, 1979	Jimmy Carter	W. Michael Blumenthal, G. William Miller
Curtis A. Hessler	April 4, 1980	January 20, 1981	Jimmy Carter	G. William Miller
Paul Craig Roberts	March 13, 1981	February 1, 1982	Ronald Reagan	Donald Regan
Manuel H. Johnson	December 10, 1982	February 7, 1986	Ronald Reagan	Donald Regan, James Baker
Michael R. Darby	July 14, 1986	May 22, 1989	Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush	James Baker, Nicholas F. Brady
Sidney L. Jones[6]	October 31, 1989	January 11, 1993	George H. W. Bush	Nicholas F. Brady
Alicia Munnell	May 20, 1993	December 22, 1995	Bill Clinton	Lloyd Bentsen, Robert Rubin
Joshua Gotbaum	December 1995	1997	Bill Clinton	Robert Rubin
David W. Wilcox	November 6, 1997	January 19, 2001	Bill Clinton	Robert Rubin
Richard Clarida	February 7, 2002	May 16, 2003	George W. Bush	Paul O'Neill, John W. Snow
Mark J. Warshawsky	March 18, 2004	July 28, 2006	George W. Bush	John W. Snow
Phillip Swagel[7]	December 11, 2006	January 9, 2009	George W. Bush	Henry Paulson
Alan Krueger	May 7, 2009	November 4, 2010	Barack Obama	Timothy Geithner
Janice Eberly[8][9]	October 21, 2011	April 26, 2013	Barack Obama	Timothy Geithner, Jack Lew
Karen Dynan	June 26, 2014	January 20, 2017	Barack Obama	Jack Lew
Michael Faulkender[10]	August 6, 2019	January 20, 2021	Donald Trump	Steve Mnuchin
Ben Harris[2]	November 15, 2021	March 30, 2023	Joe Biden	Janet Yellen

See also

• Assistant Secretary of the Treasury