[Commonwealth] In the Commonwealth of Nations, a High Commissioner is the senior diplomat (generally ranking as ambassador) in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another. Instead of embassy, the diplomatic mission is generally called a high commission. ==History and terminolgy== In the British Empire (most of...
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(from the article `Canada`) ...Canada established its own foreign service, and the country appointed ministers to Washington, D.C. (1927), Paris (1928), and Tokyo (1929). (In ...
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Representative of one independent Commonwealth country in the capital of another, ranking with ambassador. Also a high administrative officer in a dependency or protectorate. The member countries of...
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n] - a senior diplomat from one country to another who is assigned ambassadorial rank
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Representative of one independent Commonwealth country in the capital of another, ranking with ambassador. Also a high administrative officer in a dependency or protectorate
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a representative of one sovereign member of the Commonwealth of Nations in the country of another, having a rank and responsibilities generally similar to those of an ambassador. · the chief of a special international commission or other organization. · the head of government in a mandate, protectorate, possession, or the like.
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