Position
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Envelope
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Letter
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Example
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Ambassador
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His/Her Excellency Mr./Ms./Dr./Rev. [name] Ambassador (or High Commissioner) of [country in full]
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Dear Mr/Mrs Ambassador
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His Excellency Mr. Howard F. Jeter Ambassador of the United States of America
Dear Mr Ambassador
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Governors General, Governors and Lieutenant Governors
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His/Her Excellency Mr./Ms./Dr./Rev. [name] [description of office]
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Dear Mr Governor General/Lieutenant Governor
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Her Excellency the Right Rev. Dr. Mary Hollingworth Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia
Dear Ms Governor General
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Prime Minister, Minister, Member of Parliament
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The Honourable Mr./Ms./Dr./Rev. [name] Prime Minister of [country]
Add M.P after name for Members of Parliament
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The Honourable Mrs Yvonne Neptune Prime Minister of Haiti
Dear Mrs Prime Minister
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Presidential appointees, including attorneys, magistrates, and mayors
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The Honourable Mr./Ms./Dr./Rev. [name] Mayor of [town]
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The Honourable Mauro Guerra of Tremezzo
Dear Mr Mayor
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Source: DOD’s Parliamentary Companion 1999 (London: Vacher Dod Publishing Ltd, 1999), pp. xxii, xxiii, xxiv
