Ambassadorial Nominations
- Historical Trends - |
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The chart below shows the post-by-post division of ambassador slots
between career appointments and political appointments since 1960.
(Updated January 27, 2010)
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Post |
Career
Appointments |
Political
Appointments |
% Political Since 1960 |
| 91-100% |
|
|
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| Andorra |
0 |
4 |
100% |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
0 |
9 |
100% |
| Dominica |
0 |
11 |
100% |
| Holy See |
0 |
9 |
100% |
| Ireland |
0 |
19 |
100% |
| Liechtenstein |
0 |
6 |
100% |
| Monaco |
0 |
2 |
100% |
| San Marino |
0 |
2 |
100% |
| St. Kitts and Nevis |
0 |
8 |
100% |
| St. Lucia |
0 |
12 |
100% |
| St. Vincent/Grenadines |
0 |
10 |
100% |
| UN/Rome |
0 |
2 |
100% |
United Kingdom |
1 |
14 |
93.3% |
| New Zealand |
1 |
12 |
92.3% |
| Bahamas |
1 |
11 |
91.7% |
| Switzerland |
2 |
19 |
90.5% |
| |
|
|
|
| 81-90% |
|
|
|
| Samoa |
1 |
9 |
90% |
| Denmark |
2 |
16 |
88.9% |
| Grenada |
1 |
8 |
88.9% |
| Organization of American States (OAS) |
2 |
16 |
88.9% |
| United Nations |
3 |
22 |
88% |
| Barbados |
2 |
14 |
87.5% |
| France |
2 |
14 |
87.5% |
| Austria |
3 |
15 |
83.3% |
| Czech Republic |
1 |
5 |
83.3% |
| Belgium |
3 |
14 |
82.4% |
| Luxembourg |
3 |
14 |
82.4% |
| Sweden |
3 |
13 |
81.3% |
| |
|
|
|
| 71-80% |
|
|
|
| Jamaica |
3 |
11 |
78.6% |
| NATO |
4 |
14 |
77.8% |
| Italy |
3 |
10 |
77% |
| Norway |
4 |
13 |
76.5% |
| Netherlands |
4 |
12 |
75% |
| International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
3 |
8 |
72.7% |
| Spain |
5 |
13 |
72.2% |
| Australia |
5 |
12 |
70.6% |
| Canada |
5 |
12 |
70.6% |
| India |
5 |
12 |
70.6% |
| |
|
|
|
| 61-70% |
|
|
|
| UNESCO |
3 |
7 |
70% |
| Japan |
4 |
9 |
69.2% |
| Germany |
5 |
11 |
68.8% |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
5 |
11 |
68.8% |
| Costa Rica |
6 |
12 |
66.7% |
| Finland |
6 |
12 |
66.7% |
| Hungary |
5 |
10 |
66.7% |
| UN/Geneva |
6 |
12 |
66.7% |
| China |
5 |
9 |
64.3% |
| Nauru |
4 |
7 |
63.6% |
| Belize |
3 |
5 |
62.5% |
| Malta |
6 |
10 |
62.5% |
| Morocco |
7 |
11 |
61.1% |
| |
|
|
|
| 51-60% |
|
|
|
| Singapore |
6 |
9 |
60.0% |
| Mexico |
6 |
8 |
57.1% |
| Seychelles |
6 |
8 |
57.1% |
| OECD |
7 |
9 |
56.3% |
| Fiji |
6 |
7 |
53.8% |
| Tonga |
6 |
7 |
53.8% |
| European Union |
8 |
9 |
52.9% |
| |
|
|
|
| 41-50% |
|
|
|
| Panama |
7 |
7 |
50% |
| Portugal |
8 |
8 |
50% |
| Romania |
9 |
9 |
50% |
Timor-Leste |
1 |
1 |
50% |
| Tuvalu |
6 |
6 |
50% |
| Argentina |
9 |
8 |
47% |
| South Africa |
9 |
8 |
47.1% |
| Kenya |
8 |
6 |
42.9% |
| El Salvador |
11 |
8 |
42.1% |
| Saudi Arabia |
11 |
8 |
42.1% |
| Comoros |
7 |
5 |
41.6% |
| Chile |
10 |
7 |
41.2% |
| Tanzania |
10 |
7 |
41.2% |
| |
|
|
|
| 31-40% |
|
|
|
| Brunei Darussalam |
6 |
4 |
40% |
| Lesotho |
8 |
5 |
38.5% |
| Kiribati |
5 |
3 |
37.5% |
| Afghanistan |
6 |
3 |
33.3% |
| Dominican Republic |
10 |
5 |
33.3% |
| Mauritius |
10 |
5 |
33.3% |
| Slovakia |
4 |
2 |
33.3% |
| Colombia |
13 |
6 |
31.6% |
| Iceland |
11 |
5 |
31.3% |
| Nepal |
11 |
5 |
31.3% |
| South Korea |
11 |
5 |
31.3% |
| Uruguay |
11 |
5 |
31.3% |
| |
|
|
|
| 21-30% |
|
|
|
| Brazil |
12 |
5 |
29.4% |
| Estonia |
5 |
2 |
33.3% |
| Latvia |
5 |
2 |
28.6% |
| Poland |
10 |
4 |
28.6% |
| Philippines |
13 |
5 |
27.8% |
| Zimbabwe |
8 |
3 |
27.3% |
| Israel |
11 |
4 |
26.7% |
| Madagascar |
11 |
4 |
26.7% |
| Cameroon |
12 |
4 |
25% |
| Gambia |
12 |
4 |
25% |
| Micronesia |
6 |
2 |
28.6% |
| Vietnam |
3 |
1 |
25% |
| Maldives |
13 |
4 |
23.5% |
| Niger |
13 |
4 |
23.5% |
| Paraguay |
13 |
4 |
23.5% |
| Ethiopia |
11 |
3 |
21.4% |
| Senegal |
15 |
4 |
21.1% |
| Sri Lanka |
15 |
4 |
21.1% |
| |
|
|
|
| 11-20% |
|
|
|
| Botswana |
12 |
3 |
20% |
| Greece |
12 |
3 |
20% |
| Equatorial Guinea |
13 |
3 |
18.8% |
| Sierra Leone |
13 |
3 |
18.8% |
| Burundi |
14 |
3 |
17.6% |
| Ecuador |
14 |
3 |
17.6% |
| Nicaragua |
14 |
3 |
17.6% |
| Eritrea |
5 |
1 |
16.7% |
| Ghana |
15 |
3 |
16.7% |
| Guatemala |
15 |
3 |
16.7% |
| Honduras |
15 |
3 |
16.7% |
| Libya |
5 |
1 |
16.7% |
| Papua New Guinea |
10 |
2 |
16.7% |
| Solomon Islands |
10 |
2 |
16.7% |
| Guinea |
16 |
3 |
15.8% |
| Pakistan |
16 |
3 |
15.8% |
| Bahrain |
11 |
2 |
15.4% |
| Qatar |
11 |
2 |
15.4% |
| Croatia |
6 |
1 |
14.3% |
| Slovenia |
6 |
1 |
14.3% |
Ukraine |
6 |
1 |
16.7% |
| Russia |
13 |
2 |
13.3% |
| Swaziland |
13 |
2 |
13.3% |
| Uganda |
13 |
2 |
13.3% |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
14 |
2 |
12.5% |
| Iraq |
7 |
1 |
12.5% |
| Malawi |
14 |
2 |
12.5% |
| Rwanda |
14 |
2 |
12.5% |
| Thailand |
14 |
2 |
12.5% |
| Vanuatu |
7 |
1 |
12.5% |
| Bolivia |
15 |
2 |
11.8% |
| Turkey |
15 |
2 |
11.8% |
| Venezuela |
15 |
2 |
11.8% |
| Peru |
16 |
2 |
11.1% |
| |
|
|
|
| 1-10% |
|
|
|
| Mozambique |
9 |
1 |
10% |
| Syria |
10 |
1 |
9.1% |
| Oman |
11 |
1 |
8.3% |
| Sudan |
11 |
1 |
8.3% |
| Egypt |
12 |
1 |
7.7% |
| Algeria |
13 |
1 |
7.1% |
| Indonesia |
13 |
1 |
7.1% |
| Guyana |
14 |
1 |
6.7% |
| Liberia |
14 |
1 |
6.7% |
| Nigeria |
15 |
1 |
6.7% |
| Zambia |
14 |
1 |
6.7% |
| Jordan |
16 |
1 |
6.3% |
| Mauritania |
15 |
1 |
6.3% |
| Nigeria |
15 |
1 |
6.3% |
| Burkina Faso |
16 |
1 |
5.9% |
| Cyprus |
16 |
1 |
5.9% |
| Gabon |
16 |
1 |
5.9% |
| Malaysia |
16 |
1 |
5.9% |
| Haiti |
18 |
1 |
5.3% |
| Mali |
18 |
1 |
5.3% |
| Bulgaria |
19 |
1 |
5.0% |
| |
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| 0% |
|
|
|
| Albania |
7 |
0 |
0% |
| Angola |
6 |
0 |
0% |
| Armenia |
6 |
0 |
0% |
| Azerbaijan |
6 |
0 |
0% |
| Bangladesh |
14 |
0 |
0% |
| Belarus |
6 |
0 |
0% |
| Benin |
16 |
0 |
0% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
7 |
0 |
0% |
| Burma |
10 |
0 |
0% |
| Cambodia |
10 |
0 |
0% |
| Cape Verde |
12 |
0 |
0% |
| Central African Republic |
17 |
0 |
0% |
| Chad |
18 |
0 |
0% |
| Congo (DR) |
17 |
0 |
0% |
| Congo (Republic of) |
13 |
0 |
0% |
| Djibouti |
11 |
0 |
0% |
| Georgia |
5 |
0 |
0% |
| Guinea-Bissau |
11 |
0 |
0% |
| Kazakhstan |
6 |
0 |
0% |
| Kosovo |
2 |
0 |
0% |
| Kuwait |
15 |
0 |
0% |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
7 |
0 |
0% |
| Laos |
13 |
0 |
0% |
| Lebanon |
19 |
0 |
0% |
| Lithuania |
7 |
0 |
0% |
| Macedonia |
5 |
0 |
0% |
| Marshall Islands |
8 |
0 |
0% |
| Moldova |
7 |
0 |
0% |
| Mongolia |
8 |
0 |
0% |
| Montenegro |
1 |
0 |
0% |
| Namibia |
7 |
0 |
0% |
| Palau |
2 |
0 |
0% |
| São Tomé & Principe |
12 |
0 |
0% |
| Serbia |
4 |
0 |
0% |
| Somalia |
12 |
0 |
0% |
| Suriname |
13 |
0 |
0% |
| Tajikistan |
7 |
0 |
0% |
| Togo |
19 |
0 |
0% |
| Tunisia |
16 |
0 |
0% |
| Turkmenistan |
6 |
0 |
0% |
United Arab Emirates |
13 |
0 |
0% |
Uzbekistan |
6 |
0 |
0% |
| Yemen |
14 |
0 |
0% |
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