chargé d'affaires

(shär-zhā' də-fâr', dä-)

1. A diplomat who temporarily substitutes for an absent ambassador or minister.
2. A diplomat of the lowest rank, accredited by one government to the minister of foreign affairs of another.

[French : chargé, charged, in charge + de, with, of + affaires, affairs.]

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• Diplomacy and Diplomats - chargé d’affaires: envoy sent to state to which higher level diplomat is not sent; diplomat of lowest class who takes charge of business during temporary absence of ambassador or minister