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'''Ambassador''' is a diplomatic official of the highest rank appointed as representative by one [[government]]. The [[US]] did not appoint ambassadors until 1893. Until the latter half of the twentieth century, most [[American]] ambassadors were political appointees. In Western [[Europe]], [[Canada]], the People's Republic of [[China]], and the [[Soviet Union]] similar designations are made. | '''Ambassador''' is a diplomatic official of the highest rank appointed as representative by one [[government]]. The [[US]] did not appoint ambassadors until 1893. Until the latter half of the twentieth century, most [[American]] ambassadors were political appointees. In Western [[Europe]], [[Canada]], the People's Republic of [[China]], and the [[Soviet Union]] similar designations are made. | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
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*[[Robert H. Jackson]] | *[[Robert H. Jackson]] | ||
*[[Benjamin Franklin]] | *[[Benjamin Franklin]] | ||
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*[http://www.answers.com/topic/ambassador Ambassador] | *[http://www.answers.com/topic/ambassador Ambassador] | ||
*[http://www.embassymag.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2007/october/10/celebritydiplomacy/ The New Definition of Acting Ambassador] Celebrity Diplomacy. | *[http://www.embassymag.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2007/october/10/celebritydiplomacy/ The New Definition of Acting Ambassador] Celebrity Diplomacy. | ||
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[[Category:Government]] | [[Category:Government]] | ||
Revision as of 21:52, January 19, 2008
Ambassador is a diplomatic official of the highest rank appointed as representative by one government. The US did not appoint ambassadors until 1893. Until the latter half of the twentieth century, most American ambassadors were political appointees. In Western Europe, Canada, the People's Republic of China, and the Soviet Union similar designations are made.
See also
External links
- Ambassador
- The New Definition of Acting Ambassador Celebrity Diplomacy.