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chargé_d'affaires

chargé d'affaires

English

Noun

chargé d'affaires (plural chargés d'affaires)

  1. A diplomat, ranking below an ambassador, who heads a diplomatic mission when no ambassador is present, either temporarily (in the interim between the departure of one ambassador and the accreditation of another) or for an extended time.

Translations

Related terms

  • chargée d'affaires (if the diplomat is female)