diplomat

1. is a type of: functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office
   subtypes:

   • ambassador, embassador - a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
   • charge d'affaires - the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador
   • consul - a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
   • envoy, envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary - a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
   • high commissioner - a senior diplomat from one country to another who is assigned ambassadorial rank
   • internuncio - (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio
   • diplomatic minister, minister - a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
   • nuncio, papal nuncio - (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
   • persona grata - a diplomat who is acceptable to the government to which he is sent
   • persona non grata - a diplomat who is unacceptable to the government to which he is sent
   • plenipotentiary - a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government
   • george f. kennan, george frost kennan, kennan - United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression (1904-2005)
   specific instances:

   • bunche, ralph bunche, ralph johnson bunche - United States diplomat and United Nations official (1904-1971)
   • dulles, john foster dulles - United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959)
   • galbraith, john galbraith, john kenneth galbraith - United States economist (born in Canada) who served as ambassador to India (born in 1908)
   • citizen genet, edmund charles edouard genet, genet - French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)
   • grotius, hugo grotius, huig de groot - Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645)
   • dag hammarskjold, dag hjalmar agne carl hammarskjold, hammarskjold - Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961)
   • averell harriman, harriman, william averell harriman - United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)
   • harris, townsend harris - United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878)
   • cordell hull, hull - United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)
   • jay, john jay - United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)
   • henry alfred kissinger, henry kissinger, kissinger - United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923)
   • le duc tho - Vietnamese diplomat who negotiated with Henry Kissinger to end the war in Vietnam (1911-1990)
   • ferdinand de lesseps, lesseps, vicomte ferdinand marie de lesseps - French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894)
   • lie, trygve halvden lie, trygve lie - Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
   • harold nicolson, nicolson, sir harold george nicolson - English diplomat and author (1886-1968)
   • page, thomas nelson page - United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)
   • anna eleanor roosevelt, eleanor roosevelt, roosevelt - wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)
   • adlai ewing stevenson, adlai stevenson, stevenson - United States politician and diplomat (1900-1968)
   • kurt waldheim, waldheim - Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918)
   same as: diplomatist
2. is a type of: go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator - a negotiator who acts as a link between parties

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