List of ambassadors of Australia for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Ambassador of Australia for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Incumbent
Brendan Berne
since 5 August 2015
Style His Excellency
Nominator Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer Governor General of Australia
Formation March 1996
Website APEC Branch, DFAT

The Ambassador of Australia for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the delegation of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), based with its secretariat in Singapore. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and has been sent since March 1996, when Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade Tim Fischer appointed Peter Grey as the first Ambassador, although APEC has existed since 1989.[1]

Ambassadors

NameImageStart of termEnd of termReferences
Peter GreyMarch 19968 April 1998[2]
Joanna Hewitt8 April 199825 May 2000[3]
Pamela Fayle25 May 200020 December 2002[4]
Dr Geoff Raby20 December 200219 January 2005[5]
Doug Chester19 January 200519 December 2005[6]
David Spencer19 December 200513 July 2009[7]
Ric Wells13 July 2009December 2011[8]
David SpencerDecember 201120 September 2013
Sam Gerovich20 September 20135 August 2015[9]
Brendan Berne5 August 2015present[10]

References

  1. ↑ Fischer, Tim. "1996 FEDERAL BUDGET - TRADE POLICY: A PROGRESS REPORT". Australia Government. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Emerson, Craig (30 November 2012). "New CEO for Austrade" (Press Release). Australian Government. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Tim Fischer; Alexander Downer (8 April 1998). "APPOINTMENT OF APEC AMBASSADOR" (Press release). Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Mark Vaile; Alexander Downer (25 May 2000). "Appointment of APEC Ambassador" (Joint Press Release). Australian Government. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Alexander Downer (20 December 2002). "Appointment of APEC Ambassador" (Press Release). Australian Government. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Alexander Downer (19 January 2005). "Appointment of APEC Ambassador" (Press Release). Australian Government. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Alexander Downer; Mark Vaile (19 December 2005). "Appointment of APEC Ambassador" (Press Release). Australian Government. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  8. ↑ Simon Crean; Stephen Smith (13 July 2009). "Appointment of APEC Ambassador" (Joint Press Release). Australian Government. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  9. ↑ Julie Bishop; Andrew Robb (20 September 2013). "APEC Ambassador" (Joint Press Release). Australian Government. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  10. ↑ Julie Bishop; Andrew Robb (5 August 2015). "APEC Ambassador" (Joint Press Release). Australian Government. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/12/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.