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Chris Cannan is an Australian senior career officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) who has been the Ambassador to Israel since June 2017.,[1][2]

Personal life

He grew up in Victor Harbor, South Australia and graduated from Victor Harbor High School (VHHS).[3]

Cannan earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of South Australia, a Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies from Flinders University and a Master of Arts in Foreign Affairs and Trade from Monash University.[1][2]

Career

Cannan was head of the Environment Branch at DFAT and therefore, their lead negotiator at the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cannan, Chris (Amb)". Institute for Counterterrorism. ISC Herzliya. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Ambassador Chris Cannan". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  3. ^ Simmons, Michael (September 20, 2019). "Australian Ambassador to Israel Chris Cannan paid a visit to his old hometown of Victor Harbor". Victor Harbor Times. Retrieved 2 March 2020.


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