Posted August 30, 2014

Head of Mission is not a Consul

By Cami Hofstadter / November 15, 2021 / Comments Off on Head of Mission is not a Consul

A consul can be a head of post, but not head of a diplomatic mission (= embassy). The Miami Herald should have referred to the local Haitian consul-general as head of the (consular) post, but instead used the wrong term. You sometimes even hear honorary consuls calling themselves “heads of mission. ”Obviously they are confused. Like many other erroneous…

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