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A chargé d'affaires (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁʒe dafɛʁ] ⓘ), plural chargés d'affaires, often shortened to chargé (French) and sometimes in colloquial English to charge-D, is a diplomat who serves as an embassy's chief of mission in the absence of the ambassador.
A chargé d'affaires ad interim is a diplomat who temporarily heads a diplomatic mission in the absence of an ambassador. The body of diplomats accredited to a country form the diplomatic corps. Ambassadors have precedence over chargés, and precedence within each rank is determined by the date on which diplomatic credentials were presented. [4]
In diplomatic usage, head of mission (HOM) or chief of mission (COM) from the French "chef de mission diplomatique" (CMD) is the head of a diplomatic representation, such as an ambassador, high commissioner, nuncio, chargé d'affaires, permanent representative, and sometimes to a consul-general. [1]
The first representative from the United States to Denmark was appointed in 1827 as a chargé d'affaires. There followed a series of chargés and ministers until 1890 when the first full ambassador (envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary) was appointed. The title was changed to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in 1946.
DCMs serve as chargé d'affaires (that is, as acting chief of mission) when the titular head of mission is outside the host country or when the post is vacant. A DCM typically serves as a key advisor to the chiefs of mission as well as a chief of staff , and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the post.
Ambassador (in charge of reestablishing U.S. Embassy) December 17, 2001 January 2, 2002 - Ryan Crocker – Career FSO Chargé d’Affaires a.i. January 2, 2002 [3] Unknown: April 3, 2002 14 Robert Finn – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 21, 2002 April 3, 2002 Left post August 1, 2004 15 Zalmay Khalilzad ...
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: June 30, 2001 N/A June 2002 Hugh M. Neighbor – Career FSO June 2002 N/A January 9, 2003 David L. Lyon [2] – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 15, 2002 January 9, 2003 July 23, 2005 Larry Miles Dinger – Career FSO June 27, 2005 August 23, 2005 July 5, 2008 C. Steven McGann ...
Alan W. Lukens (resident at Brazzaville) presented credentials as chargé d'affaires ad interim on August 13, 1960. During Blancke's tenure as non-resident ambassador to the Central African Republic, the United States Embassy in Bangui was established on February 10, 1961, with Lukens as resident chargé d'affaires ad interim .