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Diplomatic rank is a system of professional and social rank used in the world of diplomacy and international relations.A diplomat's rank determines many ceremonial details, such as the order of precedence at official processions, table seatings at state dinners, the person to whom diplomatic credentials should be presented, and the title by which the diplomat should be addressed.
Chargés d'affaires ad interim ("a.i.") are those who temporarily head a diplomatic mission in the absence of the accredited head of that mission. It is usual to appoint a minister-counsellor, counsellor, or embassy secretary as chargé d'affaires ad interim, and that person is presented to the foreign minister of the receiving state. [3]
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]
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.
Decker served as the deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of the United States, Kabul from September 2018 to September 2020 before being appointed as chief of mission and chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Mission to Afghanistan in 2022.
An attaché is normally an official, who serves either as a diplomat or as a member of the support staff, under the authority of an ambassador or other head of a diplomatic mission, mostly in intergovernmental organizations or international non-governmental organisations or agencies. Attachés monitor various issues related to their area of ...
She was a member of the U.S. Delegation in Vienna 1985–9 to the conventional forces negotiations (M.B.F.R. and C.F.E.). [3] During Kennedy's time at the U.S.Embassy in Ankara 1990-3, she was detailed to Operation Provide Comfort in the wake of the Kurdish refugee crisis after the Gulf War. She was briefly detailed to the new U.S. Embassy in ...
A. Elizabeth Jones (born 1948) is an American diplomat and government official who served as the United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan from 1995 to 1998 and Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs from 2001 to 2005. [1] [2] [3] She was promoted to the rank of Career Ambassador in 2004. [4]