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{{Short description|U.S. State Department division}}

{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name = Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
| type = bureau
| seal = US Department of State official seal.svg
| seal_width = 120px
| seal_caption = Seal of the United States Department of State
| logo = 
| formed = {{start date and years ago|1983}}
| preceding1 = Bureau of European Affairs
| preceding2 = 
| jurisdiction = [[Executive branch of the United States]]
| headquarters = [[Harry S. Truman Building]], [[Washington, D.C.]], United States
| employees = 11,906 (as of 2011)<ref name="OIG">{{cite web|title=Inspection of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs|url=https://oig.state.gov/system/files/161095.pdf|publisher=Inspector General of the Department of State|date=March 2011|access-date=April 2, 2016|archive-date=March 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308104846/https://oig.state.gov/system/files/161095.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| budget = $604 million (FY 2010)<ref name="OIG"/>
| chief1_name = [[James C. O'Brien]]
| chief1_position = [[Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs]]
| chief2_name = 
| chief2_position = 
| chief3_name = 
| chief3_position = 
| parent_department = [[United States Department of State|U.S. Department of State]]
| website = [https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-political-affairs/bureau-of-european-and-eurasian-affairs/ Official website]
}}
In the United States Government, the '''Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs''' ('''EUR''') is part of the [[United States Department of State]], charged with implementing U.S. foreign policy and promoting U.S. interests in Europe and Eurasia (which it defines as being [[Europe]], [[Turkey]], [[Cyprus]], the [[Caucasus]] Region, and [[Russia]]), as well as advising the [[Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs]]. It is headed by the [[Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs]].

From 1949 to 1983, European affairs were within the purview of the '''Bureau of European Affairs'''.