emissary:

(plural – emissaries)

Dr. Henry Alfred Kissinger, ex-peace emissary, USA

a person who is sent from his country to a foreign country with some official message, some secret message or to do some special work, often some unpleasant work; an envoy;

an agent sent with a special message or on a special mission to represent another person, office, organisation or state, in dealing with very major problems or deals;

(less commonly and often sarcastically) a spy,

Michael Collins, Irish ambassador to USA, noted peace emissary of the 21st century

e.g.

I am really sorry to hear the news that Henry Kissinger, who was once hailed as the Emissary of Peace by the entire world, is now denounced as a war criminal … and there’s no smoke without fire!

Every country keeps a political emissary to be sent to other countries in times of war with its neighbours or some natural calamity in order to gather military support or financial help from them.

It is understood that multi-billion dollar international companies usually seek out elder statesmen, retired high ranking politicians, to act as their emissaries in business negotiations with prospective countries.

When there was some internal fight between Sri Lankan government and a Sri Lankan rebel group called LTTE, also known as Tamil Tigers, emissaries from the Netherlands, India and some other countries tried their best to negotiate peace process between those two groups.

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Note: In medical usage ‘emissary’ is used to refer to some substance around the skull of a living being.

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