List of Australian Ambassadors to Portugal

Ambassador to Portugal
Incumbent Peter Rayner since 2016
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Lisbon
Inaugural holder	Alan Renouf (Representative in Paris)
Formation	1969

The Australian Ambassador to Portugal is the Australian Government's foremost diplomatic representative in Portugal. The Ambassador resides in Lisbon.^[1]

List of heads of mission

Representative in Paris

• Alan Renouf (1969–1970)

Chargé d'affaires

• Thomas Holland (1970)

Resident Ambassadors to Portugal

• Kevin Kelly (1971–1974)
• Frank Cooper (1974–1977)
• Leslie Sellars (1977–1981)
• Geoffrey Brady (1981–1984)
• Bruce Woodberry (1984–1988)

Chargé d'affaires

• Annabel Anderson (1988–1989)

Resident Ambassador to Portugal

• Stuart Hume (1989–1992)

Representatives in Paris

• Alan Brown (1994–1996)
• John Spender (1996–2000)

Resident Ambassadors to Portugal

• Janet Gardiner (2000–2003)^[2]
• Greg Polson (2003–2006)^[3]
• Luke Williams (2006–2009)^[4]
• Patrick Lawless (2009–2012)^[5]
• Anne Plunkett (2012–2016)^[6]
• Peter Rayner (2016–)^[7][8]

References

1. CA 8158: Australian Embassy, Portugal [Lisbon], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 28 April 2015
2. Downer, Alexander (26 April 2000). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Portugal" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
3. Downer, Alexander (13 March 2003). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Portugal" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
4. Downer, Alexander (11 May 2006). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Portugal" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015.
5. Smith, Stephen (24 August 2009). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Portugal" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015.
6. Carr, Bob (29 May 2012). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Portugal" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 31 January 2014.
7. Bishop, Julie (19 April 2016). "Ambassador to Portugal" (Press release). Australian Government.
8. "New Australian envoy for Portugal". MSN. Microsoft. AAP. 19 April 2016.