Search results for: “diplomatic mission”
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Head of Chancery
Head of Chancery in Diplomatic LawChancery, Head ofAn important position in British embassies not found in American diplomatic establishments. An officer, usually head of the political section, charged with coordinating the substantive and administrative performance of the embassy….
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Counselor of Embassy
Counselor of Embassy in Diplomatic LawA senior diplomatic title ranking just behind an ambassador and a minister. In many embassies there is no minister, and the counselor is the number two man, i.e., the deputy chief of mission. (In a very small embassy, the se…
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Country Team
Country Team in Diplomatic LawAn American diplomatic term meaning the ambassador’s cabinet. It consists of his deputy chief of mission, heads of all important embassy sections, and the chiefs of all other elements (military, agricultural, aid, information, and cultu…
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Chargé d’Affaires, a.i.
Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. in Diplomatic LawChargé d’Affaires, a.i.Formerly, a chargé d’affaires was the title of a chief of mission, inferior in rank to an ambassador or a minister. Today with the a.i. (ad interim) added, it designates the senior offi…
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Ambassadress
Ambassadress in Diplomatic LawA term often used to denote the wife of an ambassador, and misused to denote a woman chief of mission. The latter is an ambassador, not an ambassadress.ResourcesSee Also<a href=http://lawin.org/tag/diplomacy/&quo…