'''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. |