US State Department Senior Officials

Senior officials and diplomats in the US Department of State

This is a dataset of senior officials in the US Department of State including political appointees like the Secretary of State and Under Secretaries of State, and senior administrative staff.

The State Department consists of bureaus and offices responsible for handling various state interests and policy initiatives, each reporting to a specific under secretary. A number of geographic bureaus and offices report to and advise the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, and guide the operation of the U.s. diplomatic missions within their regional jurisdiction.

Data overview

Entities:
Total680
Searchable448
Targets232
Entity types:
People232
Positions216
Countries:
United States448
Publisher:US State Department (State) · United States

The U.S. State Department's stated mission is to protect and promote U.S. security, prosperity, and democratic values and shape an international environment in which all Americans can thrive.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Politically Exposed Persons Datasets
Information:www.state.gov
Source data:www.state.gov · HTML
Tags:list.pep
Coverage:added · frequency: weekly
Last processed:2026-05-02 04:19:07 · v. 20260502041907-ldq
Last change:

Bulk download

Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities389.92 KB
names.txtTarget names text file20.74 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format295.29 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON391.47 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV42.09 KB

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Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:

Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
John RousePersonUnited States
Lloyd FreemanPersonUnited States
Ricardo Pita MacedoPersonUnited States
Spencer ChretienPersonUnited States
R. William GreenPersonUnited States
Thomas A. TalmadgePersonUnited States
Thomas E. LerstenPersonUnited States
Christopher R. BelmontiPersonUnited States
Kimberly BadenhopPersonUnited States
Tracy CarsonPersonUnited States
Elissa G. PitterlePersonUnited States
Geoff AnismanPersonUnited States
Shannon SprengerPersonUnited States
Virginia HartPersonUnited States
Anne P. KnightPersonUnited States
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