chargé d'affaires

noun

Definition of chargé d'affairesnext
as in foreign minister

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Recent Examples of chargé d'affaires Lebanon's foreign ministry spokesperson, Denise Rahme, told The Associated Press that Iran's embassy will still have a charge d'affaires to head its diplomatic mission. — CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026 Speaking in Warsaw, Sikorski confirmed that the Russian charge d'affaires was summoned to receive a formal protest note, though the diplomat refused to acknowledge the drones as Russian. — Amanda Castro shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025 Poland summoned the Russian charge d'affaires to demand an explanation after one such incident in December 2023. — David Brennan, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025 Earlier in the day, Kuwait followed Saudi Arabia and Bahrain by ordering the Lebanese charge d'affaires Saturday to leave the emirate within two days. — The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2021 Daniel Smith to lead the US Embassy in New Delhi as the new charge d'affaires. — Jennifer Hansler, CNN, 7 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chargé d'affaires
  1. foreign minister
  2. proxy
  3. diplomat
  4. consul
Noun
  • The flash flood which has devastated settlements in northern Nepal was caused by an earthquake triggering a large landslide which blocked the Bhote Koshi river, according to Nepal’s foreign minister Shishir Khanal.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The spokesperson said Oman's foreign minister will travel to Tehran to meet with Iranian officials.
    — August 24, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of foreign minister
Noun
  • Iran is unlikely to give up the leverage offered by having proxies spread across the region, even if some of them have been degraded by Israel or lost a foothold thanks to regime change, as is the case in Syria.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The Senator was talking about how the US has been in a proxy fight with Iran for decades now and the relationship has always been strained.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of proxy
Noun
  • The return of diplomats to their posts would suggest Washington is not anticipating a return to all-out warfare.
    — Chloe Taylor,Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Isa, who has served as a diplomat at the Japanese Embassy in China, wrote on X earlier this month that bilateral ties have sunk to their worst since the 1972 normalization of relations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of diplomat
Noun
  • The sultan learned about the American colonists’ war for independence indirectly, through the local French consul and European reports.
    — Scott Spires Britannica Editors June 23, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026
  • Pablo Neruda played a key role when he was appointed Chile’s special consul for Spanish immigration.
    — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 19 June 2026
Definition of consul

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