List of ambassadors of Australia to Lebanon
Appearance
Ambassador to Lebanon | |
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Incumbent since 2022Andrew Barnes | |
Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Beirut |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Australia |
Appointer | Governor General of Australia |
Inaugural holder | W.D. Forsyth |
Formation | 1967 |
The Australian Ambassador to Lebanon is the Australian Government's foremost diplomatic representative in Lebanon. The Ambassador resides in Beirut.[1] The current ambassador, since 2022, is Andrew Barnes,
List of heads of mission
Ordinal | Officeholder | Title | Residency | Term start date | Term end date | Time in office | Notes |
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(n/a) | D. J. Kingsmill | Chargé d'affaires | Beirut, Lebanon | 1967 | 1967 | 0 years | |
1 | Bill Forsyth | Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon | 1967 | 1970 | 2–3 years | [2] | |
2 | Neil Truscott | 1970 | 1973 | 2–3 years | [3] | ||
3 | Pierre Hutton | 1973 | 1975 | 1–2 years | |||
4 | Peter Curtis | 1975 | 1976 | 0–1 years | [4] | ||
(n/a) | J. M. C. Watson | Chargé d'affaires | Damascus, Syria | 1977 | 1978 | 0–1 years | |
(n/a) | D. J. Richardson | 1978 | 1980 | 1–2 years | |||
(2) | Neil Truscott | Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon | 1978 | 1983 | 4–5 years | [5] | |
5 | D. G. Wilson | 1983 | 1984 | 0–1 years | |||
6 | Ross Burns | 1984 | 1987 | 2–3 years | [6] | ||
7 | Ray Spurr | 1987 | 1989 | 0–1 years | |||
(n/a) | J. E. Rawson | Chargé d'affaires | 1988 | 1990 | 1–2 years | ||
8 | Victoria Owen | Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon | 1990 | 1992 | 1–2 years | ||
9 | Paul Robilliard | 1992 | 1995 | 3–4 years | |||
Beirut, Lebanon | 1995 | 1996 | |||||
10 | Ian Parmeter | 1996 | 1999 | 2–3 years | [7] | ||
11 | John Fennessy | 1999 | 12002 | 2–3 years | [8] | ||
12 | Stephanie Shwabsky | 2002 | 2006 | 3–4 years | [9] | ||
13 | Lyndall Sachs | 2006 | 2009 | 2–3 years | [10] | ||
14 | Jean Dunn | 2009 | 2010 | 0–1 years | [11] | ||
15 | Lex Bartlem | 2010 | 2014 | 3–4 years | [12][13] | ||
16 | Glenn Miles | 2014 | 2018 | 3–4 years | [14] | ||
17 | Rebekah Grindlay | October 2018 | 2022 | 1–2 years | [15] | ||
18 | Andrew Barnes | 2022 | incumbent | 1–2 years | [16] |
References
- ^ CA 8035: Australian Embassy, Lebanon [Beirut], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 1 May 2015
- ^ "Obituary: William Douglass Forsyth, OBE". The Canberra Times. ACT. 8 March 1993. p. 12.
- ^ "Diplomatic reshuffle: Japanese post for Freeth". The Canberra Times. ACT. 29 January 1970. p. 1.
- ^ "Middle East Post". The Canberra Times. ACT. 12 July 1975. p. 3.
- ^ "Envoy to Syria". The Canberra Times. ACT. 27 September 1978. p. 3.
- ^ "New ambassador". The Canberra Times. ACT. 14 February 1984. p. 3.
- ^ Evans, Gareth (28 August 1995). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador To Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- ^ Downer, Alexander (14 August 1998). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador To Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- ^ Downer, Alexander (27 September 2001). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- ^ Downer, Alexander (13 January 2006). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
- ^ Smith, Stephen (24 August 2009). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015.
- ^ Smith, Stephen (8 September 2010). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015.
- ^ Tsvirko, Naomi (4 February 2015), "Former Australian Ambassador to Lebanon Reflects: 'Lebanon is a Part of Me'", El Telegraph Weekend, Australian Middle East (AME) Media, archived from the original on 1 May 2015
- ^ Bishop, Julie (27 November 2014). "Ambassador to Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015.
- ^ Payne, Marise (2019). "Alex Gallacher: Australian Ambassador inquiry (Question No. 1209)". Hansard: Australian Senate. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Payne, Marise (21 March 2022). "Ambassador to Lebanon". Minister for Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 26 June 2022.