List of Australian Ambassadors to Vietnam

Ambassador to Vietnam
Incumbent Craig Chittick since 2016
Style	His Excellency

The Australian Ambassador to Vietnam is the Australian Government's foremost diplomatic representative in Vietnam.^[1][2][3][4] The Ambassador has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Heads of mission

Charge d'Affaires

• John Rowland (1952)^[5][6]

Ministers to Vietnam

• John Quinn (1952–1955)
• David McNicol (1955–1956)^[7]
• Frederick Blakeney (1956–1957)^[8]

Ambassadors to South Vietnam

• Bill Forsyth (1959–1961)^[9]
• Brian Clarence Hill (1961–1964)^[10]
• Harold Anderson (1964–1966)^[11]
• Lew Border (1966–1968)^[12][13]
• Ralph Harry (1968–1970)^[14]
• Arthur Morris (1970–1973)^[15][16]
• M.J. Cook (1973)
• Geoffrey John Price (1974–1975)^[17]

Embassy evacuated in the days before the Fall of Saigon.^[18][19]

Ambassador to North Vietnam

• Bruce Woodberry (Charge d'affaires, 1973–1974)^[20]
• Graeme Lewis (Charge d'affaires, 1974–1975)^[21][22]
• David Wilson (1975)^[23]

Ambassadors to Vietnam

• David Wilson (1975–1976)
• John Brook (1976–1978)^[24]
• Philip Knight (1978–1981)^[25]
• John McCarthy (1981–1983)^[26]
• Richard Broinowski (1983–1985)^[27]
• Ian Lincoln (1985–1988)^[28]
• Graham Alliband (1988–1991)^[29]
• Michael Potts (1991–1994)^[30]
• Susan Boyd (1994–1998)^[31]
• Michael Mann (1998–2002)^[32]
• Joe Thwaites (2002–2005)^[33]
• Bill Tweddell (2005–2008)^[34]
• Allaster Cox (2008–2012)^[35]
• Hugh Borrowman (2012–2016)^[36][37]
• Craig Chittick (2016–)^[38][39]

References

1. CA 2773: Australian Embassy, Republic of Vietnam [Saigon], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 1 February 2016
2. CA 2768: Australian Legation to the Associated States of Indo-China [Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia]/(from 26 October 1955) Republic of Vietnam [Saigon], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 1 February 2016
3. CA 2774: Australian Embassy, Democratic Republic of Vietnam [Hanoi], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 1 February 2016
4. CA 2775: Australian Embassy, Hanoi [Vietnam], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 1 February 2016
5. "Vietnam to send Minister". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 17 November 1952. p. 3.
6. "Australian Minister to Indo-China". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 13 November 1952. p. 6.
7. "Diplomat for Vietnam post". The Argus. Melbourne, Victoria. 2 December 1954. p. 1.
8. "Mr Blakeney will be Minister to Cambodia". The Argus. Melbourne, Victoria. 23 November 1956. p. 11.
9. "Ambassador to Vietnam appointed". The Canberra Times. 2 July 1959. p. 2. The Government has raised the Australian Legation in Vietnam to the status of an Embassy and has appointed Mr. W. D. Forsyth as Australia's first Ambassador in Saigon.
10. "New envoy named for S. Vietnam". The Canberra Times. 1 November 1961. p. 5.
11. "Ambassadors for two posts". The Canberra Times. 16 December 1963. p. 1.
12. "Australia appoints new man in Saigon". The Canberra Times. 8 June 1966. p. 1.
13. "Ambassador leaves". The Canberra Times. 1 July 1968. p. 9.
14. "New envoy appointed". The Canberra Times. 6 June 1968. p. 5.
15. "New envoy to go to Vietnam". The Canberra Times. 13 November 1970. p. 3.
16. "Enovy change". The Canberra Times. ACT. 1 May 1973. p. 3.
17. "Ambassador appointed". The Canberra Times. ACT. 18 December 1973.
18. Juddery, Bruce (5 June 1975). "Saigon embassy to reopen 'soon'". The Canberra Times. ACT.
19. National Archives of Australia (April 2007), Have you locked the door?, Australian Government, archived from the original on 9 March 2016
20. "Australia to have man in Hanoi soon". The Canberra Times. 12 July 1973. p. 1.
21. Edwards, Peter (1 May 2006), "The fall of Saigon, 1975", Speech delivered at the National Archives of Australia, Australian Government, archived from the original on 27 February 2002
22. Comments on situation in North Vietnam by former Australian Charge, Wikileaks, 15 November 1974
23. Edwards, Peter (1 May 2006), The fall of Saigon, 1975, Australian Government, archived from the original on 12 February 2014, By early 1975, Australia had opened a diplomatic mission in North Vietnam as well as the embassy in South Vietnam. In March, Graeme Lewis, the chargé d'affaires in Hanoi, flew to Vientiane to meet David Wilson, who was about to become the first ambassador in Hanoi.
24. "New envoy to Vietnam named". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 August 1976. p. 2.
25. "In Brief: Ambassador". The Canberra Times. 21 July 1978. p. 3.
26. "Hanoi post filled". The Canberra Times. 18 March 1981. p. 3.
27. "New Ambassador to Vietnam appointed". The Canberra Times. 2 June 1983. p. 3.
28. "Ambassador named". The Canberra Times. 7 December 1985. p. 11.
29. "In brief: New diplomatic appointments". The Canberra Times. 6 June 1988. p. 3.
30. Downer, Alexander. "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to PNG" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
31. "Ambassador Boyd". The Canberra Times. 30 June 1994. p. 5.
32. Downer, Alexander (23 April 1998). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Vietnam" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
33. Downer, Alexander (25 January 2002). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Vietnam" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
34. Downer, Alexander (22 April 2005). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Vietnam" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
35. Smith, Stephen (30 July 2008). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Vietnam" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014.
36. Carr, Bob (5 May 2012). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Vietnam" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014.
37. Peatling, Stephanie (6 May 2012). "Borrowman an ambassador". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012.
38. Bishop, Julie (4 May 2016). "Ambassador to Vietnam" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016.
39. "Former resident takes on top posting". Nambucca Guardian. Fairfax Media. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.