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In the United States and several other countries, a '''Foreign Service Officer (FSO)''' is a professional career diplomat. While, in the broadest sense of the term, U.S. Foreign Service Officers (FSO) are civil servants, they have a distinct rank structure. Due to the need to represent the United States, may not have some of the administrative protections of a domestic government employee in a nonsensitive job.
In the [[ United States of America|U.S.]], a '''Foreign Service Officer (FSO)''' is a professional career diplomat working for the [[U.S. Department of State]].  Their work is now closely intertwined with that of the [[U.S. Department of Homeland Security]], and career employees no longer desiring to work overseas will sometimes transfer laterally from the State Department to Homeland Security.  


Since 1975, the Director General of the Foreign Service, a position with Assistant Secretary rank, has also been the chief of human resources for the [[United States Department of State]]. The third-ranking position in the Department, [[Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs]], is traditionally reserved for a Foreign Service Officer. Some FSOs have served as Deputy [[Secretary of State]] or as acting Secretary of State (e.g., [[Lawrence Eagleburger]]).
U.S. Foreign Service Officers (FSO) are civil servants with a distinct rank structure.  The highest U.S. Foreign Service rank is [[Career Ambassador]], then [[Career Minister]], then numbered grades from FSO-1 to the entry-level FSO-8. Career Ambassador and Career Minister ranks have the status of [[general|general officers]] or "supergrade" civil servants.  Among many other duties, foreign service officers staff U.S. embassies overseas, issue visas, and assist U.S. citizens in various other ways. Employees are selected after taking a grueling, day-long special exam and interview.


==Rank stucture==
Career diplomats develop specialty knowledge of languages and cultures in the areas of the world in which they are assigned, and they often assist appointed diplomats and officers behind the scenes.
The highest U.S. Foreign Service rank is Career Ambassador, then Career Minister, then numbered grades from FSO-1 to the entry-level FSO-8. It is not always easy to establish seniority among military ranks, civil service ranks in the GS and GG series, and [[Senior Executive Service]].  [[Career Ambassador]] and [[Career Minister]] ranks definitely have the status of [[general|general officers]] or "supergrade" civil servants, although the mapping is blurry about the positioning of FSO-1, since there are five supergrade ranks in U.S. [[Senior Executive Service]] practice and four four general officer ranks.
 
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In the U.S., a Foreign Service Officer (FSO) is a professional career diplomat working for the U.S. Department of State. Their work is now closely intertwined with that of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and career employees no longer desiring to work overseas will sometimes transfer laterally from the State Department to Homeland Security.

U.S. Foreign Service Officers (FSO) are civil servants with a distinct rank structure. The highest U.S. Foreign Service rank is Career Ambassador, then Career Minister, then numbered grades from FSO-1 to the entry-level FSO-8. Career Ambassador and Career Minister ranks have the status of general officers or "supergrade" civil servants. Among many other duties, foreign service officers staff U.S. embassies overseas, issue visas, and assist U.S. citizens in various other ways. Employees are selected after taking a grueling, day-long special exam and interview.

Career diplomats develop specialty knowledge of languages and cultures in the areas of the world in which they are assigned, and they often assist appointed diplomats and officers behind the scenes.

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