List of Australian Ambassadors to Saudi Arabia

Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Incumbent Ralph King since 2015
Style	His Excellency
Inaugural holder	Ian Haig
Formation	1974

The Australian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia is the Australian Government’s foremost diplomatic representative in Saudi Arabia. Australia appointed its first ambassador to Saudi Arabia in 1974.^[1]

List of heads of mission

Name	Start of term	End of term	References
Ian Haig	1974	1976	[1][2][3]
Donald Kingsmill	1976	1979	[4]
Douglas Sturkey	1979	1983
Alan Brown	1983	1988	[5]
Alex McGoldrick	1988	1991	[6]
Malcolm Leader	1991	1993	[7][8]
Warwick Weemaes	1993	1996	[9]
Philip Knight	1996	1998	[10]
George Aitkin	1998	2000	[11]
Bob Tyson	2000	2005	[12]
Ian Biggs	2005	2008	[13]
Kevin Magee	2008	2011	[14]
Neil Hawkins	2011	2015	[15]
Ralph King	2015	+	[16]

References

1. "Ambassador". The Canberra Times. 9 February 1974. p. 1.
2. "Envoy". The Canberra Times. 30 August 1975. p. 9.
3. Debelle, Bruce (29 March 2014). "Youngest ambassador had a deep affinity for the world of Islam - and cricket". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 5 March 2015.
4. "Ambassador named". The Canberra Times. 11 June 1976. p. 8.
5. "New Ambassador to Saudi Arabia". The Canberra Times. 12 November 1983. p. 3.
6. "Saudi Arabia ambassador announced". The Canberra Times. 9 January 1988. p. 3.
7. "New ambassador for Riyadh". The Canberra Times. 23 March 1991. p. 16.
8. Downer, Alexander (17 May 2000), Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Denmark, Australian Government, archived from the original on 12 February 2014
9. "Ambassador named". The Canberra Times. 1 September 1993. p. 6.
10. Downer, Alexander (22 March 1996). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador To Saudi Arabia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
11. Downer, Alexander (23 January 1998). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Saudi Arabia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
12. Downer, Alexander (18 August 2000). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Saudi Arabia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
13. Downer, Alexander (14 October 2004). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Saudi Arabia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
14. Smith, Stephen (21 December 2007). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Saudi Arabia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014.
15. Rudd, Kevin (14 July 2011). "Diplomatic Appointment - Saudi Arabia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
16. Bishop, Julie (16 March 2015). "Ambassador to Saudi Arabia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015.