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Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs

U.S. government position

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ4809000 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs is an office in the United States Department of State responsible for managing the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs. It was known as the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from December 1944 to September 15, 1972.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs” as u.S. government position. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Assistant, Secretary and State.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1944, 1972—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1944. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Assistant, Secretary and State providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4809000. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1944 and 1972.

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This entry incorporates text from “Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.