Department of State Organization Chart (text-only): May 2006

The organization chart shows offices and bureaus in cells connected by lines showing what office or bureau reports to what entity (Assistant Secretary, Under Secretary, Deputy Secretary, or Secretary.  In parentheses following the name of the office or bureau is its acronym and where applicable, the title of the person who heads the bureau or office.  The HTML version of the chart has links from each cell to the appropriate bureau or office web page, if there is one.  Each of those links are reproduced in this text version.  

Note that not all offices reporting to Under Secretaries or Assistant Secretaries are shown in the organization chart.  Those that are not shown in the chart are not listed here.  For more information, please refer to the Organizational List of Bureaus and Offices.  Refer to the State Department phone book to contact those bureaus and offices.

The depicts the Department's organization as follows:

Top center of the page: Secretary of State (S)

To the left of and connected by a solid line to the Secretary is the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), headed by an Administrator. In the same box is listed the Director of Foreign Assistance. Both entities are designated as (F).

To the right of and connected by a dashed line to the Secretary is the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations (USUN).

Directly below and connected to the Secretary by a solid line is the Deputy Secretary of State (D).

Below and to the left, connected by a solid line to the Deputy Secretary is the Chief of Staff (S/COS).

At the same level as S/COS but to the right  and connected by a solid line to the Deputy Secretary is the Executive Secretariat (S/ES), headed by the Executive Secretary.

Below the Chief of Staff and Executive Secretariat are the six Under Secretaries and one Counselor.  They are connected to the Deputy Secretary by solid lines and are, from left to right:
Under Secretary for Political Affairs (P).
Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs (E).
Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security (T).
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (R).
Under Secretary for Management (M).
Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs (G).
Counselor (C).

Bureaus and offices reporting to each Under Secretary are shown below each one, and connected by a solid line.

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs are the following bureaus:
African Affairs (AF); Assistant Secretary.
East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP); Assistant Secretary.
European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR); Assistant Secretary.
International Organizations (IO); Assistant Secretary.
Near Eastern Affairs (NEA); Assistant Secretary.
South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA); Assistant Secretary.
Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA); Assistant Secretary.
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL); Assistant Secretary.

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs is the Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs (EEB), headed by an Assistant Secretary.

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs are the following bureaus:
International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN); Assistant Secretary.
Political-Military Affairs (PM); Assistant Secretary.
Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI); Assistant Secretary.

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs are the following bureaus:
Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA); Assistant Secretary.
Public Affairs (PA); Assistant Secretary.
International Information Programs (IIP); Coordinator

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Management are the following bureaus and offices:
Administration (A); Assistant Secretary.
Consular Affairs (CA); Assistant Secretary.
Diplomatic Security and Foreign Missions (DS); Assistant Secretary.
Human Resources (HR); Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Personnel.
Foreign Service Institute (FSI); Director.
Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO); Director.
Information Resource Management (IRM); Chief Information Officer.
Medical Services (M/MED); Director.

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs are the following bureaus:
Democracy, Human RIghts and Labor (DRL); Assistant Secretary.
Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES); Assistant Secretary.
Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM); Assistant Secretary.

Shown at the bottom of the organization chart but connected directly to the Deputy Secretary (and on to the Secretary) by a solid line are the following bureaus and offices:
Inspector General (OIG).
Policy Planning Staff (S/P); Director.
Civil Rights (S/OCR); Director.
Legal Adviser (L).
Legislative Affairs (H); Assistant Secretary.
Intelligence and Research (INR); Assistant Secretary.
Chief of Protocol (S/CPR); Ambassador.
Resource Management (RM); Assistant Secretary, Chief Financial Officer (this bureau has a second solid line connecting it to the Under Secretary for Management).
Counterterrorism (S/CT); Coordinator and Ambassador at Large.
Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS).
Global AIDS Coordinator (S/GAC).