Ambassador
Scharioth presented his ambassadorial credentials to George W. Bush on March 13, 2006. In August 2011 he was succeeded by Peter Ammon.
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Famous quotes containing the word ambassador:
“I would like to be the first ambassador to the United States from the United States.”
—Barbara Mikulski (b. 1936)
“An Ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.”
—Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639)
“This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government a final Note stating that, unless we heard from them by 11 o’clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us. I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently this country is at war with Germany.”
—Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940)