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World Citizen flag by Garry Davis World Citizen badge In general, a world citizen is a person who places global citizenship above any nationalistic or local identities and relationships. An early expression of this value is found in Diogenes of Sinope ( c. 412 B.C. ; mentioned above), a Cynic philosopher in Ancient Greece.
This list represents a sample of American people imprisoned abroad by state and non-state actors, past and present. This list includes both citizens of the United States and legal permanent residents. It represents individuals imprisoned through various channels, including tried crimes and kidnappings.
José Bernal – Born in Cuba. Became an American citizen in 1980. Janice Biala – Born in Poland. Became an American citizen in 1929. Dorothy Brett – Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 1938. Rudolf Cronau – Born in Germany. Became a U.S. citizen in 1901. Marcel Duchamp – Born and raised in France.
President Kennedy with a group of ambassadors in March 1961. Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated by the president to serve as the United States' diplomatic representatives to foreign nations, international organizations, and as ambassadors-at-large. Under Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, their appointment must ...
This is a list of United States politicians who were born outside the present-day United States, its territories (the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), and its outlying possessions.
The United States of America is called 美国 ( Pinyin: měiguó; Jyutping: mei5 gwok3) while the continents of the Americas are called 美洲 ( Pinyin: měizhōu; Jyutping: mei5 zau1 ). There are separate demonyms derived from each word and a United States citizen is referred to as 美国人 ( Pinyin: měiguó rén; Jyutping: mei5 gwok3 yan4 ).
State citizenship may affect (1) tax decisions, (2) eligibility for some state-provided benefits such as higher education, and (3) eligibility for state political posts such as United States senator. At the time of the American Civil War, state citizenship was a source of significant contention between the Union and the seceding Southern states.
American Samoa: 0.7 Oceania Polynesia 56,000 400 2 250 150 Madagascar: 0.7 Africa East Africa 25,613,000 168,000 2 N/A N/A Malaysia: 0.7 Asia South-East Asia 31,164,000 217,000 2 142,038 74,962 Micronesia: 0.7 Oceania Micronesia 106,000 700 2 N/A N/A Fiji: 0.5 Oceania Melanesia 903,000 5,000 2 1,538 3,462 Marshall Islands: 0.5 Oceania Melanesia