Foreign Affairs Officer - Gaimushokunin

...Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiaries, envoys extraordinary and plenipotentiaries, special envoys, government representatives, plenipotentiaries, representatives of government representatives, their representatives, advisors, and attendants, as well as foreign service officials, are collectively called foreign service officials (Foreign Service Officials Law, Article 2, Paragraph 1). The scope of the term is much broader than that of a diplomat. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "foreign affairs officials" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…特命全権大使，特命全権公使，特派大使，政府代表，全権委員，政府代表等の代理･顧問･随員ならびに外務職員を総称して外務公務員という(外務公務員法2条1項)。その範囲は外交官の観念よりもはるかに広い。…

※「外務職員」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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