Daniel Bennett Smith

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Daniel Bennett Smith
Director of Foreign Service Institute
In office
October 26, 2018 – May 19, 2022
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byNancy McEldowney
Succeeded byJoan A. Polaschik
U.S. Chargé d'affaires to India
In office
April 30, 2021 – June 29, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byDonald Heflin
Succeeded byAtul Keshap
Acting United States Deputy Secretary of State
In office
January 26, 2021 – April 14, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byStephen Biegun
Succeeded byWendy Sherman
Acting United States Secretary of State
In office
January 20, 2021 – January 26, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byMike Pompeo
Succeeded byAntony Blinken
19th Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
In office
February 14, 2014 – October 23, 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byPhilip Goldberg
Succeeded byEllen E. McCarthy
United States Ambassador to Greece
In office
September 28, 2010 – August 5, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byDaniel V. Speckhard
Succeeded byDavid D. Pearce
22nd Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State
In office
2007–2009
Preceded byHarry K. Thomas Jr.
Succeeded byStephen D. Mull
Personal details
Born (1956-03-06) March 6, 1956 (age 70)
Redwood City, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity 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]

Early life and education

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Smith delivers remarks at his swearing-in ceremony at the Foreign Service Institute at the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, Virginia on October 26, 2018.

Smith obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Colorado Boulder, followed by a Master of Arts and PhD from Stanford University.[3][5] His dissertation is titled "Toward Internationalism: New Deal Foreign Economic Policy, 1933–39", and was completed in 1983.[6]

Career

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Under President Barack Obama, Smith served as the United States Ambassador to Greece from 2010 to 2013.[7]

In 2018, Smith was selected to serve as the Director of the Foreign Service Institute.

In 2021, President Joe Biden selected Smith to serve as the acting secretary of state until his nominee for the position, Antony Blinken, was confirmed by the United States Senate.[8] Antony Blinken was confirmed on January 26, 2021.[9] On May 3, 2021, Smith was appointed as US envoy to India.

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