An envoy is a plenipotentiary representative of a state, president, any other person in a certain region of a country, or in another country, or in an international organization.
Institute of Plenipotentiaries of the President
In some sources you can read that the Institute of Plenipotentiaries of the President of the Russian Federation appeared in 2000. This is not entirely true. This year, envoys of federal districts appeared. All of Russia was divided into 7 such territorial units. Each of these districts has its own presidential envoy.
Until 2000, starting in 1993, when the Constitution of our country was adopted by popular vote, plenipotentiary representatives of the president were in each subject of the federation.
The concept of the embassy
Plenipotentiary is a person who is called upon to exercise the powers of the president as defined by the Constitution of the Russian Federation. He belongs to the category of civil servants, reports directly to the president of the country, he is appointed to the post and dismissed from it. The creation of the institute of plenipotentiaries of the President of the Russian Federation within the federal districts was due to the need to build the power vertical, since it was partially lost during the years of B.N.
Federal districts of our country
As already mentioned, initially 7 federal districts were created in the country. These include the Far Eastern, Volga, North-West, Siberian, Ural, Central and Southern Federal Districts. During his presidency, Dmitry Medvedev singled out the North Caucasus from the Southern Federal District. With the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol, the ninth federal district was formed - Crimean, which did not last long, and was later annexed to the Southern Federal District. Each of these districts has its own Presidential Envoy. The first of them were representatives of power blocks.
The envoy is called upon to ensure the fulfillment of the instructions of the head of state. The plenipotentiary representative of the president of Russia should pursue his policy in the federal district, where he represents the president. In addition, the envoy coordinates the activities of federal authorities, facilitates the interaction of different branches of government in the federal district, analyzes the work of law enforcement agencies, and coordinates the candidacy of the heads of the FSB, the Department of Internal Affairs, representatives of ministries and departments.
He exercises control over the implementation of legislation, orders and decrees of the President of the country. The plenipotentiary also approves projects of government bodies of federal significance that relate to the life of an individual subject or the entire district as a whole, and coordinates presentation to the highest military ranks and state awards, presenting the latter, declaring thanks to the president. He gives the certificates to the approved judges, makes proposals to the president on the suspension of local laws and regulations in part that contradicts federal laws, regulations, international treaties.
Permanent Representative of the Country to the UN
The envoy is not only the representative of the president. He may represent the country in various international organizations. In particular, the United Nations has a position of "Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN." This name reflects its essence. It shows that, regardless of the individual, the position of the representative in this organization remains constant.
In relation to a specific person, this position is more correctly called "plenipotentiary to the UN, " since he is the plenipotentiary representative of a particular country in the above organization. It should be borne in mind that the envoy cannot always hold office. There are circumstances in which he can leave her.
Thus, the UN has established the post of permanent representative to this organization in relation to a specific country, which is the plenipotentiary.
Such an employee shall be equated with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Since the beginning of the formation of Russia as a sovereign state, it had four envoys to the UN: Yu. M. Vorontsov (until 1994), S.V. Lavrov (from 1994 to 2004, transferred to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation), A I. Denisov (from 2004 to 2006), V.I. Churkin (from 2006 to 2016). Currently, Russia at the UN is represented by Nebenzya V. A.
Diplomats as Plenipotentiaries
In every country recognized by this state, there is an Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador, who is the ambassador. These are representatives of a particular state. In addition to the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, in a foreign country, such a rank is assigned to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, his first deputy, the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and some other diplomats. Their function is to represent and protect the interests of their country in a foreign country.
Other envoys
There are not only such envoys that are listed above, but others. So, under the North Atlantic Alliance there are permanent representatives in relation to those states that are part of this military bloc. The same situation is with the United Nations. As part of the Russia-NATO interaction, our country had its own envoy to Russia at NATO.
