Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations
Incumbent Gary Quinlan since 25 June 2009
Style	His Excellency
Nominator	Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Queen Elizabeth II
Inaugural holder	Norman Makin
Formation	1946
Website	Permanent Representative

The role of Her Majesty's Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations is as the leader of the Australian delegation to the United Nations in New York. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is also the representative of the Australia in the United Nations Security Council (2013-2014).

The Permanent Representative, currently Gary Quinlan, is charged with representing Australia, both through its non-permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council and also during plenary meetings of the General Assembly, except in the rare situation in which a more senior officer (such as the Minister for Foreign Affairs or the Prime Minister of Australia) is present. The post is appointed by the Governor General of Australia in the name of the monarch, and nominated by the Prime Minister.

Office holders

• Norman Makin (1946–1947)
• J. D. L. Hood (1947–1950)
• W. D. Forsyth (1951–1956)
• Sir Edward Ronald Walker (1956–1959)
• Sir James Plimsoll (1959–1963)
• David Hay (1964–1965)
• Sir Laurence McIntyre (1970–1975)
• Ralph Harry (1975–1978)
• Richard Woolcott (1982–1988)
• Michael Costello (1988–1989)
• Peter Wilenski (1989–1992)
• Richard Butler (1992–1996)
• Penelope Wensley (1997–2001)
• John Dauth (2001–2006)
• Caroline Millar (acting) (2006)
• Robert Hill (2006–2009)
• Gary Quinlan (2009 – current)

See also

• Australia and the United Nations
• List of High Commissioners and Ambassadors of Australia

External links

• Australian Permanent Mission to the United Nations - New York

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