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On September 15, 1789, before Jefferson could return to take the post, Washington signed into law another act which changed the name of the office from Secretary of Foreign Affairs to Secretary of State, changed the name of the department to the Department of State, and added several domestic powers and responsibilities to both the office of secretary and the department.
As secretary of state, Pompeo declared that the U.S.'s human rights policy should prioritize religious liberty and property rights. [3] During his tenure, the U.S. moved the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, [4] and brokered the Abraham Accords, which normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. [5]
Rolando Burgoa Pablos (born September 26, 1967) is an American executive, attorney, and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Texas. [1] He was sworn in as the 111th Secretary of State of Texas on January 5, 2017. [2] On December 6, 2018, Pablos announced his resignation as Secretary of State effective December 15. [3]
Jack Morris Rains (November 23, 1937 – July 5, 2023) was an American attorney in Houston, Texas, who was the 95th Secretary of State of Texas, [1] having served from 1987 to 1989. He left the position to contest unsuccessfully for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1990. [2]
Rex Wayne Tillerson (born March 23, 1952) is an American energy executive who served as the 69th United States secretary of state from 2017 to 2018 in the administration of Donald Trump.
Originally from Alice, Texas, Whitley earned his bachelor's degree and Juris Doctor from the University of Texas at Austin. [5] In 2004, he began working for Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas. When Abbott was elected Governor of Texas, he appointed Whitley as Acting Secretary of State to succeed Rolando Pablos, on December 17, 2018. [6]
In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Texas voters elected the Class II U.S. senator from Texas, one of three members of the Texas Railroad Commission, eight of 15 members of the Texas Board of Education, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, four of nine seats on the Supreme Court of Texas, three of nine seats on the Texas ...
However, she was appointed as General Counsel to the Governor of Texas by then-governor Mark White. In 1984, she went on to become the Secretary of State of Texas, and became the first African American to hold the position. With that appointment, she also became the then-highest-appointed African American to ever serve in the Texas government.