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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.
The U.S. ambassador was recalled in July 1980 and a series of chargés maintained the embassy until June 1992. Owen W. Roberts: Chargé d'Affaires: July 29, 1980 Unknown: May 1982 David A. Korn June 1982 July 1985 James Cheek July 1985 August 1988 Robert G. Houdek August 1988 June 1991 Marc Allen Baas [9] – Career FSO [10] June 1991 June 24, 1992
Ambassador Adolph Dubs was assassinated in a botched kidnapping attempt in 1979. For the next ten years, no ambassador was appointed; only a series of chargés d’affaires represented the U.S. in Kabul. The embassy at Kabul was closed on January 30, 1989, due to concerns that the new regime would not be able to maintain security and protect ...
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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 ...