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Executive Order 8566

Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on October 15, 1940.

Later revoked or superseded
Signed recordOctober 15, 1940

The date the President signed it.

Publication record5 FR 4107

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater revoked or superseded

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Reference number
eo-8566
Official source
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APA

Power & Politics. (2026, October 27). Executive Order 8566: Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8566

Chicago

Power & Politics. "Executive Order 8566: Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 27, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8566.

BibTeX
@misc{votefiles_eo_8566,
  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 8566: Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8566}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-8566; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1940.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 27, 2026}
}
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Later record

What happened to this order

These notes list later amendments, revocations, replacing orders, or other Federal Register action.

Revokes EO 7224-A, November 14, 1935
Revoked by EO 9507, December 20, 1944

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

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