The Ambassador of Australia to Venezuela 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 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The ambassador resides in Santiago, Chile. The current ambassador, since February 2020, is Todd Mercer.
Ambassador of Australia to Venezuela | |
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Incumbent since February 2020Todd Mercer (resident in Santiago) | |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
Style | His Excellency |
Reports to | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Residence | Santiago, Chile |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Australia |
Appointer | Governor General of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Frederick Homer (resident in Brasilia) |
Formation | 1973 |
The Australian Government established an embassy in Caracas in 1979 and appointed its first resident ambassador, A. D. Brown. Previously, responsibility for Australian diplomatic representation in Venezuela was held in Brazil (1973–1974) and then Peru (1974–1979).[1] The Australian Embassy in Caracas was closed in 2002.[2][3]
List of ambassadors
editOrdinal | Officeholder | Residency | Term start date | Term end date | Time in office | Notes |
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1 | Frederick Homer | Brasilia, Brazil | 1973 | 1974 | 0–1 years | |
2 | Allan Loomes | Lima, Peru | 1974 | 1978 | 3–4 years | |
3 | Alan Fogg | 1979 | 1979 | 0 years | ||
4 | Alan Brown | Caracas, Venezuela | 1979 | 1980 | 0–1 years | |
5 | Peter Barbour | 1981 | 1984 | 2–3 years | [4] | |
6 | Richard Starr | 1985 | 1986 | 0–1 years | [5] | |
7 | Anthony Dingle | 1987 | 1991 | 3–4 years | [6] | |
8 | Dominique De Stoop | 1991 | 1996 | 4–5 years | ||
9 | Roger Frankel | 1996 | 2000 | 3–4 years | [7] | |
10 | John Woods | 2000 | 2002 | 1–2 years | [8] | |
11 | Virginia Greville | Santiago, Chile | 2009 | 2012 | 2–3 years | [9] [10] |
12 | Tim Kane | 2012 | 2016 | 3–4 years | [11] | |
13 | Robert Fergusson | January 2017 | 2020 | 2–3 years | [12] | |
14 | Todd Mercer | February 2020 | incumbent | 4 years, 6 months | [13] |
References
edit- ^ CA 8010: Australian Embassy, Venezuela [Caracas], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 23 January 2016
- ^ Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Venezuela country brief, Australian Government, retrieved 23 January 2016
- ^ Brown, Bob (14 May 2008). "MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST - Venezuela and Brazil" (Senate Hansard). Parliament of Australia. p. 1737. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Diplomats posted". The Canberra Times. 26 March 1981. p. 3.
- ^ "Diplomatic appointments". The Canberra Times. 25 March 1985. p. 3.
- ^ "Venezuela posting". The Canberra Times. 24 March 1987. p. 3.
- ^ Evans, Gareth (7 September 1995). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Venezuela" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- ^ Downer, Alexander (13 October 1999). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Venezuela" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- ^ Smith, Stephen (24 February 2009). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Chile" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015.
- ^ "Virginia Greville". St. Margaret’s. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ Carr, Bob (29 May 2012). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Chile" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015.
- ^ Payne, Marise (2019). "Alex Gallacher: Australian Ambassador inquiry (Question No. 1209)". Hansard: Australian Senate. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Ambassador to Chile". 18 February 2020. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.