The United States order of precedence is an advisory document maintained by the Ceremonials Division of the Office of the Chief of Protocol of the United States which lists the ceremonial order,or relative preeminence,for domestic and foreign government officials at diplomatic,ceremonial,and social events within the United States and abroad. The list is used to mitigate miscommunication and embarrassment in diplomacy,and offer a distinct and concrete spectrum of preeminence for ceremonies. Often the document is used to advise diplomatic and ceremonial event planners on seating charts and order of introduction. Former presidents,vice presidents,first ladies,second ladies,and secretaries of state and retired Supreme Court justices are also included in the list.
Charles Woodruff Yost was a career U.S. Ambassador who was assigned as his country's representative to the United Nations from 1969 to 1971.
Diplomatic rank is a system of professional and social rank used in the world of diplomacy and international relations. A diplomat's rank determines many ceremonial details,such as the order of precedence at official processions,table seatings at state dinners,the person to whom diplomatic credentials should be presented,and the title by which the diplomat should be addressed.
Edward William Gnehm Jr.,also known as Skip Gnehm,is an American diplomat who most recently served as the U.S. ambassador to Jordan. He is now a faculty member at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.
Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) is a title used for many executive positions in the United States Department of State,ranking below the under secretaries. A set of six assistant secretaries reporting to the under secretary for political affairs manage diplomatic missions within their designated geographic regions,plus one assistant secretary dealing with international organizations and one equivalent as the coordinator/ambassador at large for counterterrorism. Assistant secretaries usually manage individual bureaus of the Department of State. When the manager of a bureau or another agency holds a title other than assistant secretary,such as "director",it can be said to be of "assistant secretary equivalent rank". Assistant secretaries typically have a set of deputies,referred to as deputy assistant secretaries (DAS).
Sir Sherard Louis Cowper-Coles is a British former diplomat. He was the Foreign Secretary's Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2009–2010. After leaving the Foreign Office,he worked briefly for BAE Systems as international business development director. He left BAE Systems in 2013 and is now a senior adviser to the group chairman and the group chief executive of HSBC. He is also president of the Jane Austen Society.
Sir Geoffrey Doyne Adams served as the British Ambassador to Egypt from 2018 to 2021,as a member of the British Diplomatic Service. He was Ambassador to the Netherlands from 2013 to 2017.
Sir Alan Hugh Campbell was a British diplomat and civil servant. He was British ambassador to Ethiopia from 1969 to 1972 and to Italy from 1976 to 1979,and also held senior posts in the Foreign Office in London.
Sir Arthur John Wilton,known as John Wilton,was a British diplomat who was Ambassador to Kuwait (1970–1974) and to Saudi Arabia (1976–1979).
His Majesty's Diplomatic Service (HMDS) is the diplomatic service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,dealing with foreign affairs and representing British interests overseas,as opposed to the Home Civil Service,which deals with domestic affairs. It employs around 14,000 people,roughly one-third of whom are crown servants working directly for the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office,either in London or abroad. The remaining two thirds of staff are employed locally by one of nearly 270 British diplomatic missions abroad. The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs is also the Head of the Diplomatic Service.
David Duane Pearce is an American diplomat who served from 2013 to 2016 as the U.S. Ambassador to Greece. He also served as the United States Ambassador to Algeria,2008–11 and as the U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem from 2003-2005. He was the Assistant Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassy in Kabul,Afghanistan from 2011-2012;and served as the Acting United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan and as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia from 2012-2013.
Christopher William Long was a British diplomat. Following his retirement in 1998,Long served as director of the Oxford University Foreign Service Programme from 1999 to 2003.
Robert Woods Bliss was an American diplomat,art collector,philanthropist,and one of the co-founders of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington,D.C.
Sir David Elliott Spiby Blatherwick,,is a retired British diplomat. After joining the Foreign Office in 1964 he served in a number of diplomatic posts in Kuwait,Ireland,Egypt and at the United Nations in New York. He was appointed the British ambassador to Ireland from 1991 to 1995,and ambassador to Egypt from 1995 to 1999. Following his retirement he has served on the boards of a number of organisations.
Dame Alison Mariot Leslie,,known as Mariot Leslie,is a former British diplomat whose last post was Permanent Representative to NATO. When she was replaced at NATO it was announced that she would retire from the Diplomatic Service.
Sir Brian James Proetel Fall is a retired British diplomat who was the UK's Special Representative for the South Caucasus 2002–12.
Sir John Alexander Noble Graham,4th Baronet,was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Iraq,Iran and NATO.
Sir Albert Thomas"Archie"Lamb KBE CMG DFC was a British diplomat,writer and RAF fighter pilot. He served as British ambassador to Kuwait from 1974 to 1977,and to Norway from 1978 to 1980.
Carltheo Zeitschel also Carl Theo,,was a German physician,diplomat,Nazi functionary and SS-major (1940).
Patrick Howard Caines Eyers is a former British diplomat who,among other things,was the last ambassador to the German Democratic Republic in 1990.
