U.S. ambassadors

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diplomatic position government officeholder

U.S. ambassadors are the highest-ranking American diplomats who represent and advance United States interests in foreign countries and international organizations.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Ambassadors of the United States	12
United States ambassadors	3
U.S. Minister to Spain	1
U.S. ambassadors canonical	1
United States Ambassador	1
United States ambassador	1
United States diplomats	1
United States heads of diplomatic missions	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diplomatic position ⓘ government officeholder ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
associatedWith	U.S. consulates ⓘ surface form: United States consulates U.S. embassies ⓘ surface form: United States embassies United States missions to international organizations ⓘ
canBe	career Foreign Service officer ⓘ political appointee ⓘ
category	U.S. ambassadors self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ambassadors of the United States U.S. ambassadors self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United States diplomats
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
duty	coordinate security cooperation with host country ⓘ manage diplomatic relations with host country ⓘ negotiate on behalf of the United States ⓘ oversee U.S. embassy operations ⓘ promote U.S. foreign policy objectives ⓘ protect U.S. citizens in the host country ⓘ report political and economic developments to the U.S. government ⓘ represent United States interests abroad ⓘ represent the United States at official ceremonies ⓘ support U.S. trade and investment abroad ⓘ
employer	United States Department of State ⓘ United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
hasSubordinate	deputy chief of mission ⓘ section chiefs at embassy ⓘ
jurisdiction	host country or international organization of assignment ⓘ
languageRequirement	proficiency in English ⓘ
legalBasis	Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: U.S. Constitution advice and consent clause U.S. federal statutes on foreign service ⓘ
mayRequire	foreign language skills relevant to host country ⓘ
officeLocation	U.S. embassy in host country ⓘ
partOf	United States Foreign Service ⓘ
privilege	diplomatic immunity under Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ
rank	highest-ranking U.S. diplomat in host country ⓘ
reportsTo	United States Secretary of State ⓘ
represents	President of the United States ⓘ United States government ⓘ
responsibleFor	implementation of U.S. foreign policy in host country ⓘ security of U.S. mission personnel in host country ⓘ
selectionProcess	presidential nomination and Senate confirmation ⓘ
subordinateOf	United States Chief of Mission hierarchy ⓘ
symbol	use of U.S. national flag at official residence and embassy ⓘ
termLength	not fixed; serves at the pleasure of the President ⓘ
title	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ⓘ
worksWith	host country government officials ⓘ international organizations ⓘ other foreign ambassadors ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

United States Secretary of State → authorityOver → U.S. ambassadors ⓘ

United States Representative to the United Nations General Assembly → officeHeldBy → U.S. ambassadors ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States ambassador

Columbia University (did not graduate) → positionHeld → U.S. ambassadors ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington Irving

this entity surface form: U.S. Minister to Spain

U.S. embassies → headOfMissionTitle → U.S. ambassadors ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Ambassador

United States Ambassador to the Netherlands → category → U.S. ambassadors ⓘ