United States Foreign Service

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diplomatic service professional corps

The United States Foreign Service is the professional diplomatic corps of the U.S. government responsible for representing American interests and conducting foreign relations at embassies, consulates, and missions around the world.

Aliases (20)

U.S. Foreign Service officers ×8
United States diplomatic corps ×6
Foreign Service Officers ×5
United States Foreign Service officers ×5
U.S. Foreign Service ×4
United States Diplomatic Service ×4
United States diplomatic service ×4
United States foreign service ×4
U.S. diplomatic service ×2
Foreign Service Officer Corps ×1
Foreign Service School of the U.S. State Department ×1
Foreign Service of the United States ×1
Senior Foreign Service ×1
U.S. Foreign Service Officers ×1
US Foreign Service ×1
United States Foreign Service (typically) ×1
United States Foreign Service leadership ×1
United States Foreign Service post network ×1
United States diplomatic services ×1
United States foreign affairs community ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diplomatic service → professional corps →
alsoKnownAs	U.S. Foreign Service → US Foreign Service →
country	United States of America →
dateFormed	1924 →
employs	Foreign Service Officers → Foreign Service Specialists → career diplomats →
formedBy	Rogers Act of 1924 →
foundedBy	United States Congress →
hasCareerTrack	consular → economic → management → political → public diplomacy →
hasComponent	Foreign Service Officer Corps → Foreign Service Specialist Corps → Senior Foreign Service →
hasRank	Senior Foreign Service → entry-level officer → mid-level officer →
hasRankSystem	class-based rank structure →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
jurisdiction	worldwide →
languageRequirement	foreign language proficiency for many positions →
legalBasis	Foreign Service Act of 1946 → Foreign Service Act of 1980 →
mission	to promote peace, support prosperity, and protect American citizens while advancing the interests of the United States abroad →
parentOrganization	United States Department of State →
partOf	United States federal government →
precededBy	United States Consular Service → United States Diplomatic Service →
responsibleFor	conducting U.S. foreign relations → implementing U.S. foreign policy overseas → issuing visas to foreign nationals → management of U.S. embassies and consulates → protecting U.S. citizens abroad → providing consular services → public diplomacy and outreach → reporting on political and economic developments abroad → representing U.S. interests abroad →
selectionMethod	competitive examination → rigorous assessment process →
supervisedBy	Secretary of State of the United States →
trainingFacility	Foreign Service Institute →
worksAt	U.S. consulates → U.S. consulates general → U.S. embassies → U.S. interests sections and liaison offices → U.S. permanent missions to international organizations →

Referenced by (89)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
David B. Cornstein ("United States diplomatic corps") → Edward Thomas Wailes ("United States diplomatic corps") → Embassy of the United States in Havana → Foreign Service Institute ("United States foreign affairs community") → Foreign Service Specialists ("U.S. Foreign Service") → Martin J. Hillenbrand → Selden Chapin → Senior Foreign Service → U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Brazil → U.S. ambassadors → U.S. consulates ("United States foreign service") → USUN ("United States foreign service") → United States Ambassador to France ("United States diplomatic corps") → United States Ambassador to Mexico → United States Ambassador to New Zealand → United States Ambassador to South Vietnam ("United States foreign service") → United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia ("United States diplomatic service") → United States Ambassador to the European Union → United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union → United States Minister to Russia → United States Minister to Spain ("United States diplomatic service") →	partOf
Edward Thomas Wailes → George F. Kennan → Linda Thomas-Greenfield → U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines ("United States Foreign Service leadership") → United States Ambassador to Austria ("United States Foreign Service (typically)") → United States Ambassador to Belgium → United States Ambassador to France → United States Ambassador to Hungary → United States Ambassador to Ireland → United States Ambassador to Japan → United States Ambassador to NATO → United States Ambassador to Samoa → United States Ambassador to the Netherlands → United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom →	memberOf
Bureau of Consular Affairs ("U.S. Foreign Service officers") → Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs → Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs ("United States Foreign Service officers") → DRL ("U.S. Foreign Service officers") → Embassy of the United States in London ("U.S. Foreign Service officers") → NEA ("U.S. Foreign Service officers") → Office of Iraqi Affairs ("U.S. Foreign Service officers") → U.S. Embassy Berlin ("U.S. Foreign Service") → WHA ("U.S. Foreign Service officers") → Washington Irving ("U.S. diplomatic service") →	employer
Bureau of International Organization Affairs ("U.S. Foreign Service officers") → DOS ("Foreign Service Officers") → USUN ("United States Foreign Service officers") → United States Department of State ("Foreign Service Officers") → United States Department of State ("Foreign Service Officers") → United States Foreign Service ("Foreign Service Officers") → United States Mission to the United Nations ("United States Foreign Service officers") → United States missions to international organizations ("United States Foreign Service officers") →	employs
United States Department of State → United States Department of State ("U.S. Foreign Service") → United States Department of State → United States Secretary of State ("Foreign Service of the United States") →	oversees
United States Foreign Service ("U.S. Foreign Service") → United States Foreign Service ("US Foreign Service") →	alsoKnownAs
Louisa Catherine Adams ("United States diplomatic corps") → United States Representative to the United Nations General Assembly ("United States foreign service") →	associatedWith
Foreign Service Specialists ("Foreign Service Officers") → United States Consular Service ("United States Diplomatic Service") →	distinctFrom
United States Foreign Service ("Foreign Service Officer Corps") → United States Foreign Service ("Senior Foreign Service") →	hasComponent
Foreign Service Act of 1946 → Foreign Service Act of 1980 →	regulates
David Bruce ("United States diplomatic service") →	affiliation
Rogers Act of 1924 →	appliesTo
Foreign Service Institute →	client
U.S. Commercial Service officers ("U.S. Foreign Service officers") →	collaboratesWith
United States Consular Service ("United States Diplomatic Service") →	combinedWith
U.S. embassies ("United States Foreign Service post network") →	componentOf
Rogers Act of 1924 →	createdEntity
George F. Kennan ("Foreign Service School of the U.S. State Department") →	educatedAt
Bureau of African Affairs ("United States Foreign Service officers") →	employerOf
Title 22 of the United States Code ("U.S. diplomatic service") →	governs
United States Ambassador to Mexico ("United States diplomatic corps") →	isMemberOf
United States Ambassador to Samoa ("United States diplomatic corps") →	isPartOf
United States Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations →	isPartOfDiplomaticCorps
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs →	isPositionIn
United States Consular Service →	mergedInto
Foreign Service Act of 1946 ("United States diplomatic service") →	modernized
United States Foreign Service ("United States Diplomatic Service") →	precededBy
Rogers Act of 1924 ("United States Diplomatic Service") →	reformed
Foreign Service Act of 1946 →	reorganized
United States Consular Service →	replacedBy
U.S. embassies ("U.S. Foreign Service Officers") →	staffedBy
BGN ("United States diplomatic services") →	usedBy