State Ambassador

An ambassador is a diplomatic representative that attends international meetings, banquets and parties and acts as a figurehead for their country of origin. Ambassadors are also known as diplomats, a more general term describing those that work in a foreign country while retaining citizenship in their home country.

Qualifications

An ambassador may be a career Foreign Service Officer or a political appointee. In most cases, career foreign service officers serve a tour of approximately three yearsper ambassadorship whereas political appointees customarily tender their resignations upon the inauguration of a new president.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. The embassy is a workplace, not a residence. Ambassadors (well, US ambassadors, anyway) generally live in an official residence which is adjacent to the embassy, but is not part of it.