Envoy
Envoy http://diplomacy.state.gov/wp-content/themes/corpus/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/11563dfe8f018ca189391bda80c0edf6?s=96&d=mm&r=gIn the past a diplomatic minister who was accredited to a foreign government and who ranked between an ambassador and a resident minister was also called “envoy extraordinary”. Today, the term is generally synonymous with diplomat, or in the case of a Special Envoy, a person sent to deal with a specific issue.