Darren Beattie
Darren Beattie | |
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Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs | |
Acting | |
| In office February 4, 2025 – October 10, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Lee Satterfield (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Sarah B. Rogers |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs | |
Acting | |
| Assumed office February 4, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Scott Weinhold (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | |
Darren Jeffrey Beattie is an American conservative author and diplomat working since October 2025 as a Senior Bureau Official at the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. He was previously acting Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs from February to October 2025.
Beattie was a visiting professor at Duke University and served as a speechwriter in the White House during the first Trump administration until 2018, when his participation in a 2016 conference featuring white nationalist speakers resurfaced. He was later appointed to the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad. He is the founder of the news website Revolver News.