The Plenipotentiary - who is this? Concept, features of the position

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The plenipotentiary is an authorized representative of the state, the president, any other person in a certain region of the country, or in another country, or in an international organization.

Institute of Presidential Plenipotentiaries

In some sources, you can read that the institution of plenipotentiaries of the President of the Russian Federation appeared in 2000. This is not entirely true. This year there were plenipotentiaries of the federal districts. All of Russia was divided into 7 such territorial units. Each of these districts has its own presidential envoy.

Before 2000, starting in 1993, when the Constitution of our country was adopted by popular vote, there were presidential plenipotentiaries in every subject of the federation.

The concept of plenipotentiary representation

The plenipotentiary is a person 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 institution of plenipotentiaries of the President of the Russian Federation within the federal districts was due to the needbuilding a vertical of power, as it was partially lost during the years of Boris Yeltsin's rule.

Federal districts of our country

As already mentioned, initially 7 federal districts were created in the country. These include the Far Eastern, Volga, Northwestern, Siberian, Urals, Central and Southern federal districts. Dmitry Medvedev, during his presidency, separated the North Caucasian 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 attached to the Southern Federal District. Each of these districts has its own plenipotentiary of the President. The first of them were representatives of power blocs.

The plenipotentiary is called upon to ensure the implementation of the instructions of the head of state. The plenipotentiary representative of the President of Russia must carry out his policy on the territory of the federal district where he represents the President. In addition, the plenipotentiary coordinates the activities of federal authorities, promotes interaction between different branches of government on the territory of the federal district, analyzes the work of law enforcement agencies, coordinates the candidacy of the heads of the FSB, the Internal Affairs Directorate, representatives of ministries and departments.

They exercise control over the implementation of legislation, orders and decrees of the President of the country. Also, the plenipotentiary coordinates the projects of federal authorities that relate to the life of an individual subject or the entire district as a whole,coordinates the submission to the highest military ranks and state awards, presenting the latter, declaring gratitude from the president. He presents certificates to approved judges, makes proposals to the president to suspend local laws and by-laws in the part that is contrary to federal laws, by-laws, international treaties.

Permanent Representative of the country to the UN

The Plenipotentiary is not only a representative of the President. He can represent the country in various international organizations. In particular, the United Nations has the post of "permanent representative of Russia to the UN." This name reflects its essence. It shows that regardless of the specific person, the position of this representative in this organization remains constant.

In relation to a specific person, it is more correct to call this position "plenipotentiary to the UN", since he is the plenipotentiary representative of a particular country in the above-mentioned organization. At the same time, it should be taken into account that the plenipotentiary cannot hold a position forever. There are circumstances under which he may leave her.

Thus, the UN has established the position of a permanent representative with this organization in relation to a particular country, who is the plenipotentiary.

Such an employee is equivalent to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. From 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, moved to the positionMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation), A. I. Denisov (from 2004 to 2006), V. I. Churkin (from 2006 to 2016). Currently, Russia is represented in the UN by Nebenzya V. A.

Diplomats as envoys

In each country of the world recognized by this state there is an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, who is the plenipotentiary. These are representatives of a particular state. In addition to the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary himself, 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 plenipotentiaries

There are not only such plenipotentiaries, which are listed above, but also others. Thus, in the North Atlantic Alliance there are permanent representatives in relation to those states that are part of this military bloc. The same is true of the United Nations. As part of Russia-NATO cooperation, our country had its own Russian envoy to NATO.

In conclusion

Thus, the plenipotentiary is not only the authorized representative of the President of the Russian Federation. The permanent representative of the country to the UN, other diplomats, and representatives of the country to international organizations, including the NATO military bloc, can be classified as employees.