Designations of Foreign Service Officers in the Foreign Service.
Section 8
SEC. 8. Designations of Foreign Service Officers in the Foreign Service. - In the Service, foreign service officers shall be commissioned as diplomatic or consular officers, or both, and all the official acts of these officers shall be performed under such commissions. Diplomatic and consular titles shall be coterminous with the assignment at the post. A chief of mission shall be assigned as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to head a diplomatic mission, or as deputy head of mission or as consul general to head a consular establishment. A career minister shall be assigned as career minister in a diplomatic mission or as consul general to head a consular establishment. A foreign service officer, class I, shall be assigned as first secretary in a diplomatic mission or consul in a consular establishment. A foreign service officer, class II, shall be assigned as second secretary in a diplomatic mission or consul in a consular establishment. A foreign service officer, class III, shall be assigned as third secretary in a diplomatic mission or vice-consul in a consular establishment. A foreign service officer, class IV, shall be assigned as third secretary in a diplomatic mission or vice-consul in a consular establishment. In a diplomatic post where there is a consular section, foreign service officers may be designated as both diplomatic and consular officers.