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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:
Total691
Searchable453
Targets238
Entity types:
People238
Positions215
Countries:
United States of America453
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 (PEPs)
Information:www.state.gov
Source data:www.state.gov · HTML
Coverage:added · frequency: weekly
Last processed:2025-03-15 04:16:02
Last change:

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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 entities392.1 KB
names.txtTarget names text file20.84 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format299.03 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON396.33 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV42.5 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.

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Recent additions

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

AddedNameTypeCountries
F. Cartwright (“Cart”) WeilandPersonUnited States
Jim HellerPersonUnited States
Michael A. NeedhamPersonUnited States
Elizabeth GraconPersonUnited States
Jody DanielPersonUnited States
Julie TurnerPersonUnited States
Matthew SharpPersonUnited States
Paul WatzlavickPersonUnited States
Riley M. BarnesPersonUnited States
Shane MyersPersonUnited States
Jesse LevinsonPersonUnited States
John ArmstrongPersonUnited States
John L. BushPersonUnited States
Y. Kevin KimPersonUnited States
Albert T. GombisPersonUnited States
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