The United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury is one of several positions in the United States Department of the Treasury, serving under the United States Secretary of the Treasury.
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. The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 created an eleventh position, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability.
The positions currently include:
- Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions
- Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets
- Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability
- Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
- Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing
- Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis
- Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy
- Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs
- Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Management & Chief Financial Officer
- Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs
- Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy
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