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Consulate of Kazakhstan in Omsk, Russia Consulate of Russia in Mariehamn, Åland A consulate is the office of a consul . A type of diplomatic mission , it is usually subordinate to the state's main representation in the capital of that foreign country (host state), usually an embassy (or, only between two Commonwealth countries, a high ...
NOTE: Consulate Nagoya has reporting responsibilities for these 3 prefectures and provides emergency American citizen services (ACS). Osaka staff covers routine ACS in Nagoya through monthly visits (by appointment) or at CG Osaka-Kobe. Naha (CG) Okinawa, the Amami Oshima Island group (which is the Southern part of Kagoshima Prefecture)
Hillary Clinton takes oath-of-office as United States Secretary of State. Bill Clinton also pictured. Administering the oath is Judge Kathryn A. Oberly.. According to the United States Office of Government Ethics, a political appointee is "any employee who is appointed by the President, the Vice President, or agency head". [1]
Lucile Atcherson Curtis was the first woman in what became the U.S. Foreign Service. [13] Specifically, she was the first woman appointed as a United States Diplomatic Officer or Consular Officer, in 1923 (the U.S. did not establish the unified Foreign Service until 1924, at which time diplomatic and consular Officers became Foreign Service officers).
A consul is an official representative of a government who resides in a foreign country to assist and protect citizens of the consul's country, and to promote and facilitate commercial and diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Recess appointment, a method of filling vacancies under U.S. federal law; Appointment, a form of Royal Warrant; List of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation. Nomination and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States; Judicial appointments in Canada, made by the federal government or provincial ...
A Schedule F appointment was a job classification in the excepted service of the United States federal civil service that existed briefly at the end of the Trump administration during 2020 and 2021. It would have contained policy-related positions, removing their civil service protections and making them easy to dismiss.
The American Heritage Dictionary defines consul as "an official appointed by a government to reside in a foreign country and represent its interests there." The Devil's Dictionary defines Consul as "in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave ...