List of high commissioners of Australia to Malaysia

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High Commissioner to Malaysia
Incumbent
Rod Smith
since 2014
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceKuala Lumpur
Inaugural holderTom Critchley
Formation1955

The Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia is the Australian Government's foremost diplomatic representative in Malaysia. The High Commissioner resides in Kuala Lumpur.

Australia was one of 15 countries to establish formal diplomatic relations with the Federation of Malaya in 1957 soon after independence.[1]

List of office holders

Name Start of term End of term References
Tom Critchley 1955 1965 [2][3]
Allan Eastman 1965 1969 [4]
John Rowland 1969 1972 [5]
Alfred Parsons 1972 1976 [6]
Graham Feakes 1976 1980 [7]
Garry Woodard 1980 1984
David W. Evans 1984 1987
Cavan Hogue 1987 1990
Frank Murray 1990 1993 [8]
John Dauth 1993 1996 [9]
Bill Farmer 1996 1997
Bob Cotton 1997 ???? [10]
Peter Varghese 2000 2003 [11]
James Wise 2003 2007 [12]
Penny Williams 2007 2010 [13]
Miles Kupa 2010 2014 [14]
Rod Smith 2014 + [15]

References

  1. ^ CA 2985:Australian High Commission, Malaysia [Kuala Lumpur], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 16 April 2015
  2. ^ "Critchley honoured". The Canberra Times. ACT. 22 November 1965. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Replacing Mr Critchley: Transfer leaves diplomatic void". The Canberra Times. ACT. 17 November 1965. p. 15.
  4. ^ "New posting for envoys". The Canberra Times. 1 November 1965. p. 3.
  5. ^ "Envoy to Malaysia named". The Canberra Times. 15 March 1969. p. 3.
  6. ^ "Diplomatic postings listed". The Canberra Times. 18 November 1972. p. 8.
  7. ^ "New envoy to Malaysia". The Canberra Times. 29 March 1976. p. 3.
  8. ^ "Envoy appointed". The Canberra Times. 23 April 1990. p. 4.
  9. ^ "Dauth posted to Malaysia". The Canberra Times. 27 March 1993. p. 4.
  10. ^ Downer, Alexander (25 March 1997). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Malaysia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  11. ^ Downer, Alexander (4 November 1999). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Malaysia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  12. ^ Downer, Alexander (23 October 2002). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Malaysia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  13. ^ Downer, Alexander (30 January 2007). "Diplomatic Appointment – High Commissioner to Malaysia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  14. ^ Smith, Stephen (5 May 2010). "Diplomatic Appointment - High Commissioner to Malaysia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014.
  15. ^ Bishop, Julie (26 November 2013). "High Commissioner to Malaysia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014.
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