Ambassador-at-large

Honorific title

According to international protocol, ambassadors and ambassadors-at-large are officially styled and addressed as His/Her Excellency, or Mister/Madam Ambassador. The title may be abbreviated in official correspondence as H.E.

United States ambassadors-at-large

The US president appointed the first official who specifically bore the title of ambassador-at-large on 12 March 1949 under the authority vested in Article II, Section 2 of the US Constitution to deal with specific foreign policy issues, which have been frequently spelled out in their commissions.

Ambassador-at-large positions in the diplomatic corps of the US State Department include:

• Coordinator for Counterterrorism
• United States Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs
• United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice
• United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
• United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
• United States Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
• United States Global AIDS Coordinator

Notable ambassadors-at-large

Asia

• Brunei Princess Masna, Brunei's Ambassador-at-Large and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Iran Mehdi Samii, Iranian ambassador-at-large for Economic affairs and Advisor to the Prime Minister for International Financing (1971–1973)
• Khmer Republic Lon Non, Ambassador-at-Large for the Khmer Republic
• Bangladesh Mohammad Ziauddin, Ambassador-at-large of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• Pakistan Javed Malik, Pakistan's Ambassador-at-Large to the Persian gulf Region
• Philippine Carlos P. Romulo, President of the United Nations General Assembly (1949–1950), Secretary/Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador-at-Large under three Philippine Presidents: Elpidio Quirino (1950–1952), Diosdado Macapagal (1963–1964) and Ferdinand Marcos (1968–1984)
• Philippine León María Guerrero III, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs under Ramon Magsaysay (1953–1954) and Ambassador-at-Large under four Philippine Presidents: Ramon Magsaysay (1954–1957), Carlos P. Garcia (1957–1961), Diosdado Macapagal (1961–1965) and Ferdinand E. Marcos (1965–1980)
• Singapore Chan Heng Chee, Ambassador-at-Large representing Singapore and former ambassador to the United States from 1996 to 2012
• Singapore Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large of Singapore
• Singapore Ong Keng Yong, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore and former Secretary-General of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
• Singapore Gopinath Pillai, former Ambassador-at-Large of Singapore
• Taiwan Gene Loh, Ambassador-at-Large of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 1997 to 2001
• Taiwan Audrey Tang, Cyber Ambassador-at-Large of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and former Minister of Digital Affairs
• Turkey Ahmet Davutoğlu, Formerly Ambassador-at-Large of Turkey; he subsequently served as Foreign Minister and Prime Minister

Europe

• Armenia Charles Aznavour, Franco-Armenian singer, Armenian Ambassador-at-Large to Switzerland, then to the United Nations Organization
• Finland Petri Salo, Finland's Roving Ambassador for the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia)
• France Jacques Valade, Ambassador-at-Large of France for decentralized cooperation in Asia, from 2008 to 2015.
• Greece Stavros Lambrinidis, Ambassador-at-Large of Hellenic Republic, Vice President of the European Parliament and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece
• Hungary Georg von Habsburg, Ambassador-at-Large of Hungary
• Ireland Dame Nuala O'Loan, of Ireland. Roving Ambassador for Conflict Resolution and Special Envoy to Timor-Leste
• Poland Jarosław Pijarowski, Ambassador-at-Large of International Human Rights Organization for Poland
• Spain Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal, 18th Duke of Veragua, Ambassador-at-Large for the Commemorative Events of the 500th Anniversary (Quincentennial) of the Fourth Voyage of Columbus (2002–2006).

Africa

• Democratic Republic of the Congo Nicolas Kazadi, Ambassador-at-Large for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Kenya Amina Mohammed, Ambassador-at-large representing Kenya
• Lesotho Lineo Ntoane, Kingdom of Lesotho Ambassador-at-large
• Burundi Princess Esther Kamatari, Ambassador-at-large representing Burundi

Americas

• Bahamas Chavano "Buddy" Hield, Ambassador-at-Large for The Bahamas
• Barbados Robyn Rihanna Fenty, Ambassador-at-Large for Barbados
• Belize Attallah Shabazz, Ambassador-at-Large for Belize
• Dominican Republic Oscar de la Renta, Ambassador-at-Large of the Dominican Republic
• Haiti Wyclef Jean, Ambassador-at-Large for Haiti
• Nicaragua Barbara Carrera, former Ambassador-at-large for Nicaragua, appointed by then-president Arnoldo Alemán
• United States Suzan Johnson Cook, former United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
• United States Henry A. Crumpton, Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the Department of State
• United States Eric Goosby, United States Global AIDS Coordinator (Ambassador-at-Large for HIV and AIDS)
• United States John Hanford, former United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
• United States Philip Jessup, former United States Ambassador-at-large under President Harry S. Truman
• United States Strobe Talbott, US Ambassador-at-Large and Special Advisor to the Secretary on the New Independent States

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