Diplomatic Ranks

Diplomatic Ranks in Diplomatic Law

List of Diplomatic Ranks

Listed in order of precedence:

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Ministers Plenipotentiary

Ministers

Chargé d’Affaires ad hoc or pro tempore

Chargé d’Affaires ad interim

Minister-Counselors

Counselors (or Senior Secretaries in the absence of Counselors)

Army, Naval and Air Attachés

Civilian Attachés

First Secretaries

Second Secretaries

Assistant Army, Naval and Air Attachés Civilian Assistant Attachés

Third Secretaries and Assistant Attachés

Resources

See Also

• Diplomacy entries in the World Encyclopedia
• Diplomacy entries in the American Legal Encyclopedia

Further Reading

• Satow’s Diplomatic Practice, Ivor Roberts
• Modern Diplomacy, R.P. Barnston