List of ambassadors of Australia to the United States
Ambassador of Australia to the United States | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Australia |
Appointer | Governor-General of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Richard Casey |
Formation | 1 March 1940 |
Website | Embassy of Australia |
The Ambassador of Australia to the United States is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the United States of America. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is one of Australia's most important diplomatic postings.
The Ambassador is currently Joe Hockey.[1] The United States and Australia have enjoyed official diplomatic relations since 1 March 1940, when Australia established a legation in Washington as one of its first independent postings. First established as a Legation headed by an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, on 19 July 1946 it was upgraded to Embassy status and the Australian Minister, Frederic Eggleston became the first Ambassador. Several distinguished Australians have served as Ambassador: one Governor-General of Australia (Lord Casey), one Chief Justice of Australia (Sir Owen Dixon), one Governor of Tasmania (Sir James Plimsoll) and former federal leaders of the opposition Andrew Peacock from the Liberal Party of Australia, Kim Beazley of the Australian Labor Party, and former federal Treasurer Joe Hockey of the Liberal Party of Australia.
Office-holders
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Image | Name | Office | Term start date | Term end date |
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Richard Casey, Baron Casey | Australian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America | 1940-03-01 | 1942-06-01 | |
Owen Dixon | Australian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America | 1942-06-03 | 1944-10-01 | |
Frederic Eggleston | Australian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America | 1944-11-01 | 1946-07-19 | |
Norman Makin | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 1946-09-05 | 1951-01-01 | |
Percy Spender | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 1951-05-31 | 1957-01-01 | |
Howard Beale | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 1958-03-20 | 1964-04-01 | |
Keith Waller | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 1964-04-20 | 1970-06-01 | |
James Plimsoll | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 1970-06-08 | 1973-01-01 | |
Patrick Shaw | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 1974-02-21 | 1975-12-27 | |
Gordon Noel Upton | Australian chargé d'affaires to the United States of America | 1975-12-27 | 1976-03-01 | |
Nick Parkinson | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 1976-03-08 | 1976-02-01 | |
Alan Renouf | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 1977-02-09 | 1979-05-20 | |
Robert B. Birch | Australian chargé d'affaires to the United States of America | 1979-05-20 | 1979-11-13 | |
Geoffrey J. Price | Australian chargé d'affaires to the United States of America | 1982-07-15 | 1982-08-16 | |
Bob Cotton | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 1982-08-16 | 1985-06-01 | |
Rawdon Dalrymple | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 1985-06-26 | 1989-04-01 | |
Michael Cook | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 1989-04-20 | 1993-08-01 | |
Don Russell | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 1993-08-22 | 1995-12-01 | |
John McCarthy | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 1995-12-05 | 1997-02-01 | |
Andrew Peacock | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 1997-02-02 | 1999-02-01 | |
Michael Thawley | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 2000-02-02 | 2005-06-01 | |
Dennis Richardson | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 2005-06-20 | 2010-02-01 | |
Kim Beazley | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 2010-02-17 | 2016-01-22 | |
Joe Hockey | Australian Ambassador to the United States of America | 2016-01-29 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Joe Hockey sworn in as US ambassador by Barack Obama". ninemsn Pty Ltd. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016.