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FOREIGN DIPLOMAT [6 records]

Record 1 2022-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Diplomacy
DEF

A diplomat of the highest rank appointed and accredited as the resident representative of a monarch or state in a foreign court or state.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Diplomatie
DEF

Représentant permanent d'un État auprès d'un État étranger, le plus élevé dans la hiérarchie diplomatique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Diplomacia
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Record 2 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Diplomacy
OBS

A Canadian representative holding this position abroad is always called "First Secretary(Commercial) "while a foreign representative in Canada is either called "First Secretary(Commercial) "or "First Secretary(Commercial Affairs) ". A diplomat in charge of commercial affairs is usually holding a position of First, Second or Third Secretary or of Attaché.

OBS

First Secretary (commercial) title of a position at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, United States.

Key term(s)
  • First Secretary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Diplomatie
OBS

C'est habituellement un Premier, un Deuxième ou un Troisième Secrétaire, ou un Attaché, qui, dans une mission du Canada à l'étranger ou dans une mission d'un pays étranger au Canada, est chargé des affaires commerciales.

OBS

Titre d'un poste à l'ambassade du Canada à Washington (États-Unis).

Key term(s)
  • Premier secrétaire

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • International Relations
CONT

Persons holding a passport that contains a diplomatic acceptance, a consular acceptance, or an official acceptance issued by the Chief of Protocol for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade on behalf of the Government of Canada and are a properly accredited diplomat, consular officer, representative, or official of a country other than Canada, of the United Nations or any of its agencies, or of any international organization of which Canada is a member...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Relations internationales
OBS

Un visa est accordé au diplomate étranger avant son arrivée au Canada. Par la suite, la reconnaissance de son statut diplomatique se fait au moyen de ce visa qui figure dans le passeport diplomatique.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Diplomacy
DEF

A diplomat who collects, analyzes, and acts on information on agriculture, agribusiness, food, and other related spheres in a foreign country or countries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Diplomatie
CONT

Après avoir effectué sa coopération comme attaché agricole à l'ambassade de France à Pékin chargé de l’accompagnement des entreprises françaises sur le marché chinois, [il] rejoint le Cabinet du Ministre de l'agriculture pour prendre en charge les questions diplomatiques européennes et commerciales de l'OMC [Organisation mondiale du Commerce].

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
DEF

a person who is acceptable or welcome esp. a foreign diplomat acceptable to the government to which he is sent.

CONT

Once the head of mission has been chosen, the sending State must confidentially obtain the consent of the receiving State, i.e., the sending State must seek to know if its candidate is considered persona grata.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
DEF

Personne agréée. Expression employée pour qualifier la personne pour laquelle le Gouvernement, auprès duquel son Gouvernement se propose de l'accréditer comme agent diplomatique, a donné son agrément, son acceptation à cette désignation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diplomacia
DEF

[...] persona [que] es o continúa siendo aceptable como representante de un Estado extranjero.

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Record 6 1986-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
CONT

Under the counsellors come the diplomatic secretaries, to be carefully distinguished from their secretaries. Their titles are first secretary, second secretary, or third secretary. Though there used to be fourth secretaries, they too have fallen victims to title inflations. Private secretary, though often a key position, is not generally recognized as a diplomatic rank and does not rate inclusion on the Diplomatic List.

OBS

Diplomatic ranks have significance to protocol officers, receptionists or wives, because it specifies where one sits at an official dinner or marches in a state funeral. But to the career diplomat what is important is the class of the diplomatic agent in the Foreign Service, since this determines his salary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
CONT

Dans le cas de l'ambassade des États-Unis à Prague, un effectif de sept collaborateurs ayant rang diplomatique, auxquels s'ajoutaient six personnes en qualité de personnel administratif et technique, était apparemment considéré comme suffisant.

Spanish

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