Ambassador at Large
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Ambassador-at-Large is the title for an Ambassador (diplomat of the highest career rank, not counting the rather political superiors in government) who is NOT posted (in residence) in a given embassy (accredited to one or exceptionally several, usually neighbouring, governments and/or seat of international organizations), but given a competence ratione materiae, i.e. pertaining to one thematic problem.
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Examples in the diplomatic corps of the US State Department include(d) :
- Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues
- Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism
- Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
