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envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary

The full title of the head of mission to a foreign state where that head, as among heads of mission, falls into the second class. The head is, however, called minister (sense 1); and his mission is called a legation. While accredited to the head of state, a minister is not invested with â€˜the representative characterâ€™. This rank had been noted by Vattel and was subsequently codified in the Regulation of Vienna (1815). However, this class of head of mission is now a historical curiosity, no state wishing to place its head of mission in anything other than the first class. See also envoy; foreign minister (sense 2).

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