Diplomatic Rank
Until the early 19th Century, each European nation had its own system of diplomatic rank, which was a source of dispute. The Congress of Vienna of 1815 formally established an international system of diplomatic ranks.
The four ranks within the system were:
Ambassador, Extraordinary, and Plenipotentiary, or simply Ambassador
Minister Plenipotentiary (in full Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary), or simply Envoy
Minister Resident or Resident Minister, or simply Minister
Charge d'affaires, or simply Charge
In the traditional pattern of bilateral diplomacy there are a number of diplomatic ranks below Ambassador: Ambassador, Minister, Minister-Counselor, Counselor, First Secretary, Second Secretary, Third Secretary, Attaché, Assistant Attaché Outside the traditional pattern of bilateral diplomacy, certain ranks and positions were created specifically for multilateral diplomacy : permanent representative, resident representative, special ambassador, U.S. Trade Representative, UN Secretary General The consular career forms a different hierarchy.
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