List of High Commissioners and Ambassadors from Australia
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The following is the list of High Commissioners
and ambassador
s from Australia. The high commissioners and ambassadors are listed in alphabetical order by country.
The information below was last updated to include appointments made in January 2008.
Updated information can be found on the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs web site – Media Releases
, Belgium and Luxembourg
) Brendan Nelson
– Ambassador Neil Mules – Ambassador Margaret Adamson
– Ambassador Crispin Conroy – Ambassador Frances Adamson – Ambassador Tracy Reid – Ambassador Sharyn Minahan – Ambassador Stephanie Shbawsky – Ambassador (to the European Union and NATO) Brendan Nelson
– Ambassador David Alexander Ritchie – Ambassador Ian Kemish – Ambassador Paul Tighe – Ambassador Tim Fischer
, AC – Ambassador Alex Brooking – Ambassador Bill Farmer, AO – Ambassador Marc Innes-Brown – Ambassador – Ambassador (to Ireland) Bruce Davis – Ambassador Andrea Faulkner – Ambassador Amanda Vanstone
– Ambassador A. Murray McLean, OAM – Ambassador Trevor Peacock – Ambassador Peter Rowe – Ambassador Ralph King – Ambassador Michelle Forster – Ambassador Lyndall Sachs – Ambassador (to the European Union
, Belgium
and Luxembourg) Brendan Nelson
– Ambassador Corrinne Tomkinson – Ambassador Katrina Cooper – Ambassador Bob Davis – Ambassador Graeme Lade – Ambassador – Ambassador Rod Smith – Ambassador Ian Forsyth – Ambassador Luke Williams – Ambassador Margaret Twomey
– Ambassador Kevin Magee – Ambassador Clare Birgin – Ambassador Noel Campbell – Ambassador Howard Brown – Ambassador Christine Millar – Ambassador Bill Paterson – Ambassador Peter Heyward – Ambassador Jean Dunn – Ambassador Margaret Twomey
– Ambassador Jeremy Bruer – Ambassador Robert Hill
– Ambassador Kim Beazley
, AC – Ambassador Allaster Cox – Ambassador Jon Sheppard
High Commissioner (Commonwealth)
In the Commonwealth of Nations, a High Commissioner is the senior diplomat in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another.-History:...
and ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
s from Australia. The high commissioners and ambassadors are listed in alphabetical order by country.
The information below was last updated to include appointments made in January 2008.
Updated information can be found on the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs web site – Media Releases
List of high commissioners
– High Commissioner Douglas Foskett – High Commissioner Ruth Adler – High Commissioner Bill Fisher – High Commissioner Garth Hunt – High Commissioner James Batley – High Commissioner Billy Williams – High Commissioner John McCarthy, AO – High Commissioner Lisa Filipetto – High Commissioner Anne Quinane – High Commissioner Penny Williams – High Commissioner Jurek Juszczyk – High Commissioner Catherine Johnstone – High Commissioner John Dauth, LVO – High Commissioner John Hart – High Commissioner Zorica McCarthy – High Commissioner Ian Kemish – High Commissioner Matthew Anderson – High Commissioner Doug Chester – High Commissioner Peter Hooton – High Commissioner Phillip Green, OAM – High Commissioner Ms Kathy Klugman – High Commissioner Bruce Hunt – High Commissioner John Michell – High Commissioner John Dauth LVO – High Commissioner Pablo KangList of ambassadors
– Ambassador Martin Quinn – Ambassador John Richardson – Ambassador Peter Shannon – Ambassador (to the European UnionEuropean Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
, Belgium and Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
) Brendan Nelson
Brendan Nelson
Dr Brendan John Nelson is a former Australian politician and former federal Opposition leader. He served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from the 1996 federal election until 19 October 2009 as the Liberal member for Bradfield, a northern Sydney seat...
– Ambassador Neil Mules – Ambassador Margaret Adamson
Margaret Adamson
Margaret Anne Adamson is an Australian diplomat. After graduating from the Australian National University with a degree in Arts and Psychology, she joined the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade at the age of 21. She served as Australia's Ambassador to Poland between 1998 and 2002...
– Ambassador Crispin Conroy – Ambassador Frances Adamson – Ambassador Tracy Reid – Ambassador Sharyn Minahan – Ambassador Stephanie Shbawsky – Ambassador (to the European Union and NATO) Brendan Nelson
Brendan Nelson
Dr Brendan John Nelson is a former Australian politician and former federal Opposition leader. He served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from the 1996 federal election until 19 October 2009 as the Liberal member for Bradfield, a northern Sydney seat...
– Ambassador David Alexander Ritchie – Ambassador Ian Kemish – Ambassador Paul Tighe – Ambassador Tim Fischer
Tim Fischer
Timothy Andrew Fischer, AC , is a former Australian politician. He served as Deputy Prime Minister in the Howard Government from 1996 before retiring from Cabinet in 1999...
, AC – Ambassador Alex Brooking – Ambassador Bill Farmer, AO – Ambassador Marc Innes-Brown – Ambassador – Ambassador (to Ireland) Bruce Davis – Ambassador Andrea Faulkner – Ambassador Amanda Vanstone
Amanda Vanstone
Amanda Eloise Vanstone is a former Australian politician and a former Ambassador to Italy. She was a Liberal Senator for South Australia from 1984 to 2007, and held several ministerial portfolios in the Howard Government. After her resignation from the Senate in 2007, she served as the Australian...
– Ambassador A. Murray McLean, OAM – Ambassador Trevor Peacock – Ambassador Peter Rowe – Ambassador Ralph King – Ambassador Michelle Forster – Ambassador Lyndall Sachs – Ambassador (to the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
and Luxembourg) Brendan Nelson
Brendan Nelson
Dr Brendan John Nelson is a former Australian politician and former federal Opposition leader. He served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from the 1996 federal election until 19 October 2009 as the Liberal member for Bradfield, a northern Sydney seat...
– Ambassador Corrinne Tomkinson – Ambassador Katrina Cooper – Ambassador Bob Davis – Ambassador Graeme Lade – Ambassador – Ambassador Rod Smith – Ambassador Ian Forsyth – Ambassador Luke Williams – Ambassador Margaret Twomey
Margaret Twomey
Margaret Aileen Twomey is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Australia to the Russian Federation, having taken up her post in June 2008...
– Ambassador Kevin Magee – Ambassador Clare Birgin – Ambassador Noel Campbell – Ambassador Howard Brown – Ambassador Christine Millar – Ambassador Bill Paterson – Ambassador Peter Heyward – Ambassador Jean Dunn – Ambassador Margaret Twomey
Margaret Twomey
Margaret Aileen Twomey is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Australia to the Russian Federation, having taken up her post in June 2008...
– Ambassador Jeremy Bruer – Ambassador Robert Hill
Robert Hill (Australian politician)
Robert Murray Hill is Chancellor of the University of Adelaide and a former Australian politician. He also currently heads the Australian Carbon Trust.-Early life and family:...
– Ambassador Kim Beazley
Kim Beazley
In the October 1998 election, Labor polled a majority of the two-party vote and received the largest swing to a first-term opposition since 1934. However, due to the uneven nature of the swing, Labor came up eight seats short of making Beazley Prime Minister....
, AC – Ambassador Allaster Cox – Ambassador Jon Sheppard