Director of the Peace Corps

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The Director of the Peace Corps is the head of the United States government agency responsible for overseeing and guiding American volunteer service programs in developing countries.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Director of the Peace Corps canonical 2
Peace Corps Director 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government position ⓘ
agency head ⓘ
executive branch position ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appliesTo Peace Corps operations in developing countries ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
confirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy Peace Corps Act of 1961 ⓘ
linked to: Peace Corps Act
createdIn 1961 ⓘ
goal to advance sustainable development in host countries ⓘ
to foster mutual understanding between Americans and people of other nations ⓘ
to promote world peace and friendship ⓘ
to support American volunteer service abroad ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Peace Corps personnel ⓘ
Peace Corps policies ⓘ
Peace Corps programs ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Peace Corps ⓘ
headOf Peace Corps ⓘ
legalBasis Peace Corps Act ⓘ
Public Law 87-293 ⓘ
oversees Peace Corps country offices ⓘ
linked to: Peace Corps

Peace Corps staff ⓘ
Peace Corps volunteer service programs ⓘ
monitoring and evaluation of Peace Corps projects ⓘ
placement of Peace Corps volunteers in host countries ⓘ
recruitment of Peace Corps volunteers ⓘ
training of Peace Corps volunteers ⓘ
partOf United States federal government ⓘ
executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
reportsTo President of the United States ⓘ
responsibleFor budget oversight of the Peace Corps ⓘ
implementation of Peace Corps policies ⓘ
management of Peace Corps programs ⓘ
overall leadership of the Peace Corps ⓘ
oversight of Peace Corps volunteers ⓘ
representing the Peace Corps before the U.S. Congress ⓘ
representing the Peace Corps to foreign governments ⓘ
representing the Peace Corps to international organizations ⓘ
safety and security policies for Peace Corps volunteers ⓘ
strategic direction of the Peace Corps ⓘ
seat Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sectorScope agriculture programs of the Peace Corps ⓘ
community economic development programs of the Peace Corps ⓘ
education programs of the Peace Corps ⓘ
environmental programs of the Peace Corps ⓘ
health programs of the Peace Corps ⓘ
youth development programs of the Peace Corps ⓘ
workLocation Peace Corps headquarters ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sargent Shriver → positionHeld → Director of the Peace Corps ⓘ
Peace Corps → supervisedBy → Peace Corps Director ⓘ
subject linked to: PC
linked to: Director of the Peace Corps
Elaine Chao → positionHeld → Director of the Peace Corps ⓘ