US State Department Senior Officials

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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:
Total681
Searchable448
Targets233
Entity types:
People233
Positions215
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:2026-05-28 10:39:21 · v. 20260528103921-elw
Last change:

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File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities391.08 KB
names.txtTarget names text file20.71 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format295.33 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON393.52 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV42.29 KB

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Recent additions

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

AddedNameTypeCountries
Samuel D. SamsonPersonUnited States
Arthur MilikhPersonUnited States
Christopher KleinPersonUnited States
Edgar "Eddie" VasquezPersonUnited States
Serena PfeifferPersonUnited States
Colin R. HankeyPersonUnited States
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
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