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.
Stavros Lambrinidis is a Greek lawyer and politician who has served as the Ambassador of the European Union to the United States since March 2019. He previously served as the European Union Special Representative for Human Rights from 2012 to 2019 and Minister for Foreign Affairs from June 2011 to November 2011.
Elena Poptodorova is a Bulgarian politician and diplomat,who has served two times as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to the United States.
Zalmai Aziz is an Afghan diplomat and is the current ambassador of Afghanistan to the United Nations Office in Geneva and to Switzerland. He is the former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the Russian Federation and the former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania is a governmental body of the Republic of Lithuania that shapes the national policy,and organises,coordinates,and controls its enforcement in the following areas:foreign affairs and security policy:international relations,economic security,foreign trade,protection of the rights and interests of the Republic of Lithuania and its persons and entities abroad;coordination of European Union membership;representing the Republic of Lithuania abroad diplomatic and consular relations,diplomatic service,Lithuanian national and diplomatic protocol,international relations;the policy of cooperation of the Republic of Lithuania;strengthening of expat connections with Lithuania. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established on 4 November 1918,shortly after Lithuania reestablished its independence.
Alexander Vladimirovich Yakovenko is a Russian diplomat. He served as the Ambassador of Russia to the United Kingdom between January 2011 and August 2019. Since August 2019,he has been rector of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is a former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia. While working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow,he was in charge of multilateral diplomacy. A graduate of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1976,he later gained a Doctor of Law degree. Yakovenko holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,and speaks Russian,English and French.
Sameh Hassan Shoukry is an Egyptian diplomat who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt since 2014. Previously,Shoukry served as the Ambassador of Egypt to the United States from 2008 to 2012. He was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 17 June 2014.
Andrii Bohdanovych Deshchytsia is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician.
Dimiter Tzantchev is a Bulgarian diplomat,Ambassador,Permanent representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European union. President of COREPER II - January 1 - June 30,2018.
Mykhailo Polyanychko –Ukrainian politician and diplomat,Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.
Borys Mykolayovych Hudyma is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician,who has served as Ukraine's ambassador to the European Union and as Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.
Ilhan Kyuchyuk is a politician from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF). and Co-President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). He is a Member of the European Parliament for a second term from the Renew Europe group.
Ramin Muzaffar oglu Hasanov is an Azerbaijani diplomat,the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Germany.
David Zalkaliani is a Georgian career diplomat serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia since 21 June 2018. On January 21,2021,he was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia.
Indulis Bērziņš is a Latvian historian and diplomat,former minister for foreign affairs of the Republic of Latvia.
Vasily Sergeyevich Sidorov was a Soviet and Russian diplomat. He served in various diplomatic roles since the 1970s,particularly with the United Nations bodies in New York and Geneva,ending his career as Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva.
Eduards Stiprais is a Latvian diplomat who served as Permanent Representative of Latvia to the European Union from 2004 until 2007. Between 2004 and 2009,he served as Head of EU Delegation to the Republic of Uzbekistan. He also served as Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia to the United Kingdom,and since 2020 he serves as Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia to France.
Nicholas Emiliou is a Cypriot diplomat and jurist. Since 2017,he is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the European Union,based at the Permanent Representation of Cyprus to the EU in Brussels. On 21 April 2021,he was appointed to become Advocate General of the European Court of Justice.
