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{{Infobox Political post
|post            = United States<br>Under Secretary of State<br>for Democracy and Global Affairs
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|insignia        = US Department of State official seal.svg
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|last            = [[Maria Otero]]
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|formation       = 1994
|abolished       = February 4, 2013
|inaugural       = [[Tim Wirth]]
|website         = [https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/ Official website]
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The '''under secretary for democracy and global affairs''' is a former position within the [[United States Department of State]] that, according to the department website, "coordinates U.S. foreign relations on a variety of global issues, including democracy, human rights, and labor; environment, oceans, and science; population, refugees, and migration; women's issues; and trafficking in persons." The office was last held by [[Maria Otero]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs | url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g | access-date= September 30, 2009 }}</ref> Other former under secretaries were [[Timothy Wirth]], [[Frank E. Loy]],<ref name="a">{{cite web | title=Under Secretaries of State for Global Affairs | url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/12041.htm | access-date= September 22, 2007 }}</ref> and [[Paula Dobriansky]]. 
 
The [[State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956]] states the under secretary for democracy and global affairs had the responsibility to coordinate with the [[Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs|under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs]] and other offices from regional bureaus to promote democracy in nondemocratic countries. The under secretary also advises the secretary of the Department of State of the effects on human rights and democracy on a foreign country on any recommendation requested by another official, or any agency program.<ref>{{cite web | title=Search Results - Thomas (Library of Congress) | url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?&dbname=cp109&sid=cp109LTV8y&refer=&r_n=hr168.109&item=&sel=TOC_739484& | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716070906/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?&dbname=cp109&sid=cp109LTV8y&refer=&r_n=hr168.109&item=&sel=TOC_739484& | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 16, 2012 | access-date=September 22, 2007 }}</ref> The position was created when Section 161(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 authorized the appointment of a fifth under secretary of state.<ref name="a"/>

==Change==
On January 17, 2012, the office of the under secretary for democracy and global affairs (State Department designation G) became the [[Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights|under secretary of state for civilian security, democracy, and human rights]] (State Department designation J). 

==List of under secretaries of state for democracy and global affairs, 1994—2012==
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Assumed office
!Left office
![[President of the United States|President]] served under
|-
|[[Tim Wirth]]
|May 12, 1994<ref>Wirth was appointed as Counselor on April 22, 1993.</ref>
|December 23, 1997
|[[Bill Clinton]]
|-
|[[Frank E. Loy]]
|October 26, 1998
|January 20, 2001
|[[Bill Clinton]]
|-
|[[Paula Dobriansky]]
|May 1, 2001
|January 20, 2009
|[[George W. Bush]]
|-
|[[Maria Otero]]
|August 10, 2009
|February 4, 2013
|[[Barack Obama]]
|-
|}

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