ambassador
Let an agent explain the office of ambassador, its appointment, functions and legal status, relay office holders and mission information from official sources, and distinguish diplomatic ambassadors from honorary and figurative uses of the title.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the office of ambassador, its appointment, functions and legal status, relay office holders and mission information from official sources, and distinguish diplomatic ambassadors from honorary and figurative uses of the title.
The highest-ranking diplomat sent by a state to represent it to another state or an international organisation, heading an embassy or permanent mission as a plenipotentiary with authority to speak for the sending government; ambassadors are accredited to the receiving head of state, enjoy privileges and immunities under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, and the title is also used for goodwill ambassadors and brand representatives in a non-diplomatic sense.
What it is for: Representing a state at the highest diplomatic level.
It can be explain the office and its functions; relay legal status and privileges; relay office holders from official sources; distinguish from non-diplomatic uses.
Distinguishing features
Highest diplomatic rank
Accreditation by credentials
Immunity under the Vienna Convention
Head of mission
What it looks like
Not a physical object; a diplomat identified by title, credentials and residence.
How it is recognised
Head of an embassy or permanent mission
Accredited plenipotentiary
Charges d affaires head missions temporarily; consuls handle consular matters; goodwill ambassadors are honorary
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
heads - the mission
is governed by - the 1961 treaty
In practice
Families and kinds
bilateral ambassadors
permanent representatives to international organisations
ambassadors-at-large
high commissioners between Commonwealth states
nuncios of the Holy See
honorary and goodwill ambassadors, a non-diplomatic use
Standards and regulation
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961
National foreign service laws and appointment procedures
Protocol rules of the receiving state
Failure modes and hazards
Stale office holder information
Confusing ambassadors with consuls or honorary titles
Abuse of immunity, addressed by the convention
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.ambassador-person
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Role What an ambassador is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and functions.
Definition
Definition.
- What is an ambassador, and what functions does the office perform? definition
- Is the question about a diplomatic ambassador or an honorary or brand ambassador? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What kinds of ambassador exist, from bilateral to permanent representatives and nuncios? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Law Appointment and status.
Law.
Appointment
Appointment and accreditation.
Appointment
Appointment.
- How are ambassadors appointed, agreed and accredited? provenance
- Which entry fits diplomatic accreditation? action
Immunity
Privileges and immunities.
Immunity
Immunity.
- What privileges and immunities does the Vienna Convention grant, and what are their limits? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Holders Office holders.
Sources.
Current
Current ambassadors.
Current
Current.
- Who is a given state ambassador to another state or organisation, from official sources? provenance
- Is the information current? boundary
History
Past ambassadors.
History
History.
- Who held a given post historically? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context History and practice.
Context.
History
History of the office.
History
History.
- How did the office of ambassador develop from Renaissance Italy to modern diplomacy? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of diplomacy? action
Practice
Daily practice.
Practice
Practice.
- What does an ambassador work involve, from reporting to representation? provenance
- Which entry fits diplomacy? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should permanent representatives be a separate entry?
- How should official diplomatic lists be linked?
- How should honorary uses of the title be recorded?