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.

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All labels observed (26)

Label Occurrences
United States Foreign Service canonical 86
United States diplomatic corps 14
United States foreign service 14

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic service ⓘ
professional corps ⓘ
alsoKnownAs United States Foreign Service ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Foreign Service

United States Foreign Service ⓘ
surface form: US Foreign Service
country United States of America ⓘ
dateFormed 1924 ⓘ
employs United States Foreign Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 United States Foreign Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Foreign Service Officer Corps

Foreign Service Specialists ⓘ
surface form: Foreign Service Specialist Corps

United States Foreign Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
precededBy United States Consular Service ⓘ
United States Foreign Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 United States Secretary of State ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of State of the United States
trainingFacility Foreign Service Institute ⓘ
worksAt U.S. consulates ⓘ
U.S. consulates ⓘ
surface form: U.S. consulates general

U.S. embassies ⓘ
U.S. interests sections and liaison offices ⓘ
United States missions to international organizations ⓘ
surface form: U.S. permanent missions to international organizations

Referenced by (189)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Department of State → oversees → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
United States Department of State → employs → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: Foreign Service Officers
United States Secretary of State → oversees → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: Foreign Service of the United States
United States Ambassador to Hungary → memberOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
United States Representative to the United Nations General Assembly → associatedWith → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States foreign service
Columbia University (did not graduate) → employer → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
subject surface form: Washington Irving
this entity surface form: U.S. diplomatic service
DOS → employs → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: Foreign Service Officers
STATE → oversees → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Department of State
this entity surface form: U.S. Foreign Service
U.S. embassies → componentOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Foreign Service post network
U.S. embassies → staffedBy → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Foreign Service Officers
United States Mission to the United Nations → employs → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Foreign Service officers
Bureau of African Affairs → employerOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Foreign Service officers
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs → employer → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom → memberOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
United States Ambassador to the Netherlands → memberOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
George F. Kennan → educatedAt → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: Foreign Service School of the U.S. State Department
George F. Kennan → memberOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
Bureau of International Organization Affairs → employs → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Foreign Service officers
U.S. ambassadors → partOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
United States Foreign Service → alsoKnownAs → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Foreign Service
United States Foreign Service → alsoKnownAs → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: US Foreign Service
United States Foreign Service → employs → United States Foreign Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Foreign Service Officers
United States Foreign Service → hasComponent → United States Foreign Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Foreign Service Officer Corps
United States Foreign Service → hasComponent → United States Foreign Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senior Foreign Service
United States Foreign Service → precededBy → United States Foreign Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Diplomatic Service
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs → employer → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Foreign Service officers
U.S. consulates → partOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States foreign service
Bureau of Consular Affairs → employer → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Foreign Service officers
USDoS → oversees → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Department of State
USDoS → employs → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Department of State
this entity surface form: Foreign Service Officers
DRL → employer → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Foreign Service officers
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs → isPositionIn → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
United States Ambassador to Japan → memberOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
United States Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations → isPartOfDiplomaticCorps → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
Louisa Catherine Adams → associatedWith → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States diplomatic corps
United States Ambassador to France → memberOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
United States Ambassador to France → partOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States diplomatic corps
BGN → usedBy → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States diplomatic services
United States Minister to Spain → partOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States diplomatic service
USUN → partOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States foreign service
USUN → employs → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Foreign Service officers
U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Brazil → partOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
David B. Cornstein → partOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States diplomatic corps
Martin J. Hillenbrand → partOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
United States Ambassador to Belgium → memberOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
Office of Iraqi Affairs → employer → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Foreign Service officers
Selden Chapin → partOf → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
United States missions to international organizations → employs → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Foreign Service officers
Embassy of the United States in London → employer → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Foreign Service officers
NEA → employer → United States Foreign Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Foreign Service officers