Trump ordered DEI considerations stripped from Foreign Service personnel policy

Date: 2025-03-19
Entry type: executive-order
Current status: Issuance documented; this entry does not assert present enforceability.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-03

Entities and roles

Removing Discrimination and Discriminatory Equity Ideology From the Foreign Servicedocumented action or event
Donald J. Trumppresident responsible for the cited action

Claims and evidence

factdocumented
On 2025-03-19, Donald Trump directed the Secretary of State to revise Foreign Service recruitment, performance, evaluation, and promotion policies to eliminate specified DEI considerations.
- The White House: Removing Discrimination and Discriminatory Equity Ideology From the Foreign ServiceOperative text of the cited action