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John J. Sullivan

Secretary of State · 2017–2025

John J. Sullivan, Secretary of State. 1 financial disclosure and ethics filing with the Office of Government Ethics, most recently May 30, 2025. The Senate voted 94–6 on the nomination on May 24, 2017 (Nomination Confirmed). John Joseph Sullivan (born November 20, 1959) is an American attorney and government official who served as the United States ambassador to Russia from 2020 to 2022, and who previously served as the 19th U.S. deputy secretary of state from 2017 to 2019.

Ethics filings
1
Latest filing
May 30, 2025
Senate votes
2

Positions

  • Secretary of State2018-04-01–2018-04-26

Financial disclosure and ethics filings

Filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Form 278 reports list assets, income and debts; ethics agreements list what the official promised to sell or step away from.

Senate confirmation votes

  • Deputy Secretary of State
    115th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    94–6 · May 24, 2017
  • Ambassador to the Russian Federation
    116th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    70–22 · Dec 12, 2019

Biography

John Joseph Sullivan (born November 20, 1959) is an American attorney and government official who served as the United States ambassador to Russia from 2020 to 2022, and who previously served as the 19th U.S. deputy secretary of state from 2017 to 2019.

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