How To Properly Address Heads Of State

Ambassadors

Foreign Ambassadors Envelope (2 lines): His/Her Excellency [Full Name] The Ambassador of [Country] Salutation: Your Excellency, or Dear Mr./Madam Ambassador Oral Address: Your Excellency, or Mr./Madam Ambassador Place Card: The Ambassador of [Country] American Ambassadors, if you are also American* (note: slightly more casual) Envelope (2 lines): The Honorable [Full Name] The Ambassador of the United States to [Country] Salutation: Dear Mr/Madam Ambassador, or Dear Ambassador [Last Name] Oral Address: Ambassador [Last Name] Place Card: Ambassador [Last Name] *Non US citizens call American Ambassadors "Your Excellency" [Photo: His Excellency Sir Peter Westmacott, the Ambassador of the United Kingdom and his wife Lady Susan Westmacott]