List of Ambassadors of Australia to the United States

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Ambassador of Australia to the United States
Australian Coat of Arms.png
Kim Beazley.jpg
Incumbent
Kim Beazley
since 17 February 2010
Style His Excellency
Nominator Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer Governor-General of Australia
Inaugural holder Richard Casey
Formation 1 March 1940
Website Embassy of Australia
The Australian Embassy on 1601 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, D.C.

The Ambassador of Australia to the United States is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the United States of America. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is one of Australia's most important diplomatic postings.

The Ambassador is currently Kim Beazley,[1] and the United States and Australia have enjoyed official diplomatic relations since 1 March 1940, when Australia established a Legation in Washington as one of its first independent postings. First established as a Legation headed by an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, on 19 July 1946 it was upgraded to Embassy status and the Australian Minister, Frederic Eggleston became the first Ambassador. Several distinguished Australians have served as Ambassador: one Governor-General of Australia (Lord Casey), one Chief Justice of Australia (Sir Owen Dixon), one Governor of Tasmania (Sir James Plimsoll) and former federal leaders of the opposition Andrew Peacock from the Liberal Party of Australia and Kim Beazley of the Australian Labor Party.

Former Treasurer Joe Hockey was announced on 8 December 2015 to become the next ambassador when Kim Beazley's term ends in early 2016.[2][3][4]

Office-holders

Australian Ministers

Name Start of term End of term
Richard Casey 1 March 1940 June 1942
Owen Dixon 3 June 1942 October 1944
Frederic Eggleston 1 November 1944 19 July 1946

Ambassadors

Name Start of term End of term
Frederic Eggleston 19 July 1946 September 1946
Norman Makin 5 September 1946 1951
Percy Spender 31 May 1951 1957
Howard Beale 20 March 1958 April 1964
Keith Waller 20 April 1964 June 1970
James Plimsoll 8 June 1970 1973
Sir Patrick Shaw 21 February 1974 December 1975
Gordon Noel Upton 27 December 1975 March 1976
Nick Parkinson (1) 8 March 1976 February 1976
Alan Renouf 9 February 1977 20 May 1979
Robert B. Birch (Chargé d'Affaires) 20 May 1979 13 November 1979
Nick Parkinson (2) 13 November 1979 15 July 1982
Geoffrey J. Price (Chargé d'Affaires) 15 July 1982 16 August 1982
Sir Robert Cotton 16 August 1982 June 1985
Rawdon Dalrymple 26 June 1985 April 1989
Michael Cook 20 April 1989 August 1993
Dr Don Russell 22 August 1993 December 1995
John McCarthy 5 December 1995 February 1997
Andrew Peacock 2 February 1997 February 1999
Michael Thawley 2 February 2000 June 2005
Dennis Richardson 20 June 2005 February 2010
Kim Beazley 17 February 2010 incumbent
Joe Hockey TBA

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Trent Zimmerman preselected for Joe Hockey's safe Liberal seat of North Sydney: SMH 26 October 2015
  3. ↑ 2015 North Sydney by-election: Antony Green ABC
  4. ↑ Joe Hockey announced as Australia's next ambassador to the United States: SMH 8 December 2015

External links

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