Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

The assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor is the head of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor within the United States Department of State. The assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor reports to the under secretary foreign assistance, humanitarian affairs and religious freedom.

List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, 1976 — 1993

#	Name	Assumed office	Left office	President served under
1	James M. Wilson, Jr.	November 29, 1976	April 28, 1977	Gerald Ford
2	Patricia M. Derian	August 17, 1977	January 19, 1981	Jimmy Carter
3	Elliott Abrams	December 12, 1981	July 17, 1985	Ronald Reagan
4	Richard Schifter	October 31, 1985	April 3, 1992	Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush
5	Patricia Diaz Dennis	August 24, 1992	January 20, 1993	George H. W. Bush

While Ernest W. Lefever was nominated for the office by Reagan in 1981, his nomination was rejected by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and he withdrew from consideration.