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.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs,European Union and Cooperation (MAEUEC) is a department of the Government of Spain in charge of planning,managing,carrying out and evaluating the country's foreign and international cooperation for development policies,paying special attention to the ones in relation to the European Union and Ibero-America,as well as coordinating and supervising all actions done in this areas by the other Ministries and Public Administrations. Likewise,it is responsible for promoting international economic,cultural and scientific relationships,taking part in the proposal and application of the migration policy,promoting cross-border and interterritorial cooperation,protecting Spaniards abroad and preparing,negotiating and processing the international treaties which Spain is part of.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia is the ministry in the government of Serbia which is in the charge of maintaining the consular affairs and foreign relations of Serbia. The current minister is Marko Đurić,in office since 26 October 2022.
Jan Matthysen is a former Belgian ambassador to the United States.
Natalia Gherman is a Moldovan politician who has been serving as executive director of the United Nations' Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate since 2023.
Ambassador Ersin Erçin is a senior Turkish diplomat,with an extensive experience in multilateral diplomacy particularly on matters of international,Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security,disarmament,and economic and environmental security.
James Warlick is a US diplomat,former United States Ambassador to Bulgaria.
Luís de Almeida Sampaio is a Portuguese career diplomat. He currently serves as the Portuguese Ambassador to Prague.
Alex Petriashvili is a Georgian politician who served as the State Minister of Georgia on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration from 2012 until 2014. He was a Political Board Member of the Political Coalition "Georgian Dream" until October 2012.
Andrii Bohdanovych Deshchytsia is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician.
Giorgio Starace is an Italian diplomat,the current Ambassador to Russian Federation. In his earlier career,he used to be an Ambassador to Japan and to the United Arab Emirates.
Nineta Bărbulescu is a Romanian career diplomat,and current Ambassador of Romania to Malaysia and (non-resident) Brunei. She served as the Romanian Ambassador to Australia from August 2013 until December 2020. During these 7 years she also was accredited non-resident Ambassador to New Zealand (2015–2020),Fiji (2018–2020),Independent State of Samoa (2018–2020),Solomon Islands (2018–2020),Vanuatu (2018–2020),Kiribati (2018–2020),Tuvalu (2019–2020),and Nauru (2019–2020).
Jean-Jacques de Dardel,born in 1954,is a senior Swiss civil servant with a rich background in International Diplomatic Affairs,Academia and Statesmanship.
Adam Norbert Hałaciński is a Polish diplomat who was ambassador to Sweden from 2010 to 2014 and from 2020 to 2024 permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
Elisabetta Belloni is an Italian diplomat and civil servant,Director of the Department of Information for Security since 2021.
Stefano Baldi is an Italian ambassador and author. Since January 4,2021,he is the Permanent Representative of Italy to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2016 to 2020,he was the Ambassador to Bulgaria.
Stefano Beltrame is an Italian ambassador and author. Since October 1,2021,he is the Italian ambassador to Austria.
Ruslan Bolbocean is a Moldovan diplomat who currently serves as State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova.
Liselotte Ellegaard Kjærsgaard Plesner is a Danish diplomat and civil servant. She is the current Ambassador of Denmark to Saudi Arabia,concurrently serving as ambassador to Kuwait,Bahrain,Oman and Yemen,and having previously served as Permanent Representative of Denmark to NATO,from 2018 to 2022,the first woman to hold that position.
Carlo de Ferrariis Salzano was an Italian diplomat,secretary general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1959.
