List of Australian Ambassadors to Mongolia

Ambassador of Australia to Mongolia
Incumbent John Langtry since December 2015
Style	His Excellency
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder	Lawrence John Lawrey (resident in Moscow)
Formation	5 June 1962

The Australian Ambassador to Mongolia is the Australian Government's foremost diplomatic representative in Mongolia. The Ambassador is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to Mongolia. The Ambassador resides in Ulaanbaatar.^[1] In 2008, Australia moved its diplomatic accreditation to Mongolia from Beijing to Seoul.^[2] Australia's first resident Ambassador to Mongolia, John Langtry, was appointed in December 2015.^[1] Australia appointed an Honorary Consul in Ulaanbaatar in 2007, and in 2011 a trade office of Austrade opened in Ulaanbaatar. That office was upgraded to an Australian Consulate-General which opened on 30 March 2012.^[3]

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors resident in Moscow, Soviet Union

• Lawrence John Lawrey (1972–1974)^[4]
• James Plimsoll (1974–1977)^[5]
• Murray Bourchier (1977–1980)
• David Wyke Evans (1981–1984)
• Ted Pocock (1984–1987)^[6]
• Robin Ashwin (1987–1991)^[7]

Ambassadors resident in Beijing, China

• Michael Lightowler (1991–1996)
• Ric Smith (1996–2000)^[8]
• David Irvine (2000–2003)
• Alan Thomas (2003–2007)
• Geoff Raby (2007–2008)

Ambassadors resident in Seoul, South Korea

• Peter Brock Rowe (2008–2009)
• Sam Gerovich (2009–2013)
• Bill Paterson (2013–2015)

Resident Ambassadors

• John Langtry (2015–)^[1][9]

References

1. Bishop, Julie (22 December 2015). "New Embassy and appointment of Ambassador to Mongolia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016.
2. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mongolia country brief, Australian Government, archived from the original on 14 August 2015
3. "Mongolia country brief - Australia-Mongolia Relations". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
4. "Mongolia to get envoy". The Canberra Times. ACT. 16 September 1972. p. 10.
5. Rees, Jacqueline (9 November 1974). "Mongolian envoy opens up new links". The Canberra Times. ACT. p. 12.
6. "Ambassadors to Moscow, Seoul picked". The Canberra Times. ACT. 13 January 1984. p. 3.
7. "Hayden names 7 envoys". The Canberra Times. ACT. 25 August 1987. p. 3.
8. "New ambassador". The Canberra Times. ACT. 24 November 1995. p. 5.
9. Australian Embassy Mongolia (22 December 2015), Embassy Establishment, Australian Government, archived from the original on 10 January 2016