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List of ambassadors of Australia to Colombia

January 23, 2023

The Ambassador of Australia to Colombia 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 Republic of Colombia. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is based in the Australian Embassy in Bogota, which was opened by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on 27 June 2017. The embassy replaced and consolidated an Austrade office and Consulate-General, as well as a separate Australian Federal Police Liaison Office, in Bogota. The present ambassador is the first resident incumbent of the office, currently Erika Thompson since 22 October 2020.[1]

Ambassador of Australia to Colombia
Incumbent
Erika Thompson
since 22 October 2020
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
StyleHer Excellency
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
NominatorPrime Minister of Australia
AppointerGovernor General of Australia
Inaugural holderAllan Loomes
(resident in Peru)
Formation1976
WebsiteAustralian Embassy Bogota, Colombia

Posting history

Australia and Colombia established diplomatic relations on 9 September 1975 and the Ambassador to Peru, Allan Loomes, received non-resident accreditation for Colombia, presenting his credentials to President Alfonso López Michelsen in 1976.[2][3] In 1983 accreditation for Colombia was transferred to the Australian Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. When the Caracas embassy was closed in 2002, accreditation was then transferred to the resident ambassador in Santiago, Chile. In 1989, an Honorary Consulate was opened in Bogota.[4] Prominent Colombian lawyer, Dario Cárdenas, of one of Colombia's largest law firms, Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas, served as Honorary Consul from July 1989 to 1994.[5][6]

On 30 August 2011, Trade Minister and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs Craig Emerson announced the opening of a new Austrade office and Australian Consulate-General (managed by Austrade) in Bogota: "This decision follows improvements in business conditions and increasing levels of foreign direct investment in response to the Colombian Government’s economic reform agenda".[7] From July 2012 until the opening of the resident embassy in June 2017, the Trade Commissioner served concurrently as Consul-General.[8]

In late 2016, Trade Minister Steven Ciobo visited Colombia and later announced to Colombian press with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop that Australia intended to open an Australian resident Embassy in Colombia as part of a greater Australian effort "to get closer to Latin America".[9] On 10 March 2017, Bishop made the formal announcement of the intention to open a resident Embassy in Bogota, noting: "Colombia is the fourth largest economy in Latin America and enjoys the highest growth rate of the major economies in the region. Australia’s total trade with Colombia is worth $500 million annually and our investment in Colombia is valued at more than $3 billion."[10] This was part of a planned $58 million expansion over four years of Australia's diplomatic presence abroad, being the fifth Australian embassy in Latin America and established alongside a new embassy to Morocco and a consulate-general in Surabaya.[11] It was also reported that the increasing stability within Colombia due to the end of the civil war and its status as "South America's second strongest economy [with] an incredible demand for Australian goods and services" had prompted the embassy's creation.[12][13][14] In response to the announcement, the Colombian press reported the Foreign Minister, María Ángela Holguín, as noting the importance of the embassy's opening to assisting the growing international student and education ties between the two countries.[15][16]

On 27 June 2017, Foreign Minister Bishop officially opened the new Australian Embassy in Bogota and announced the appointment of the first resident ambassador the following day.[17][18]

List of officeholders

Heads of mission

Ordinal Name Office Residency Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes
1 Allan Loomes OBE Ambassador of Australia to Colombia Lima, Peru 1976 1978 1–2 years
2 Alan Fogg MBE 1979 1980 0–1 years
3 Jim Ferguson 1981 1983 1–2 years [19]
4 Peter Barbour Caracas, Venezuela 1983 1984 0–1 years [20]
5 Richard Starr 1985 1986 0–1 years [21]
6 Anthony Dingle 1987 1991 3–4 years [22]
7 Dominique De Stoop 1991 1996 4–5 years
8 Roger Frankel 1996 2000 3–4 years [23]
9 Susan Tanner 2000 2002 1–2 years [24]
10 Elizabeth Schick Santiago, Chile 2002 20 September 2005 (2005-09-20) 2–3 years [25]
11 Crispin Conroy 20 September 2005 (2005-09-20) 24 February 2009 (2009-02-24) 3 years, 157 days [25]
12 Virginia Greville 24 February 2009 (2009-02-24) 29 May 2012 (2012-05-29) 3 years, 95 days [26]
13 Tim Kane 29 May 2012 (2012-05-29) 28 June 2017 (2017-06-28) 5 years, 30 days [27]
14 Sophie Davies Bogota, Colombia 28 June 2017 (2017-06-28) 22 October 2020 (2020-10-22) 3 years, 116 days [18]
15 Erika Thompson 22 October 2020 (2020-10-22) incumbent 2 years, 93 days [1]

Consul-General and Trade Commissioner

Ordinal Name Office Residency Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes
1 Crispin Conroy Consul-General and Trade Commissioner Bogota, Colombia June 2012 (2012-06) June 2016 (2016-06) 4 years
2 Saïd Metwalli August 2016 (2016-08) 28 June 2017 (2017-06-28) 10 months [28]
Consul-General and Trade Commission office closed; Embassy established in Bogota.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Ambassador to Colombia". 22 October 2020. from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Colombia country brief". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  3. ^ "IN BRIEF". The Canberra Times. Vol. 50, no. 14, 169. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 September 1975. p. 3. Retrieved 20 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Cortes, M. (2007). "Examining Patterns of Bilateral Trade between Australia and Colombia by Using Cointegration Analysis and Error-Correction Models" (Working Paper). Faculty of Business Working Papers. University of Wollongong: 7–20. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Australia's honorary consuls" (PDF). Australian International Law News. Australian Legal Information Institute. 1991. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Dario Cárdenas - Partner". Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. ^ Emerson, Craig (30 August 2011). "Austrade Office and Australian Consulate-General for Colombia" (Media Release). Minister for Trade and Competitiveness. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Relaciones Bilaterales > Historia > Australia". Embajada de Colombia en Australia (in Spanish). Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  9. ^ EFE (14 September 2016). "Australia abrirá embajada en Colombia 'para acercarse a Latinoamérica'" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  10. ^ Bishop, Julie (10 March 2017). "New Australian Embassy in Colombia" (Press release). Australian Government.
  11. ^ Sheridan, Greg (23 June 2016). "Federal election 2016: Libs plan 24/7 'global watch'". The Australian. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Cashing in on Colombian opportunities". Sky News. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  13. ^ Miranda, Charles (7 May 2017). "As Cassie Sainsbury languishes in jail, Aussie authorities head to Colombia to wage a coke war". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  14. ^ Alvarez, Cesar (27 September 2016). "Demining Colombia". Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). The Strategist. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Australia anuncia apertura de embajada en Colombia" (in Spanish). El Heraldo. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  16. ^ "Gobierno australiano anuncia apertura de embajada en Colombia" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  17. ^ "Australia ya tiene embajada en Colombia" (in Spanish). W Radio. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  18. ^ a b Bishop, Julie (28 June 2017). "Ambassador to Colombia" (Press release). Australian Government.
  19. ^ "Diplomatic postings". The Canberra Times. 1 August 1980. p. 7.
  20. ^ "VICE-REGAL". The Canberra Times. Vol. 58, no. 17, 545. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 October 1983. p. 2. Retrieved 20 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  21. ^ "VICE-REGAL". The Canberra Times. Vol. 61, no. 18, 614. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 September 1986. p. 2. Retrieved 20 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  22. ^ "Venezuela posting". The Canberra Times. 24 March 1987. p. 3.
  23. ^ Evans, Gareth (7 September 1995). (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  24. ^ Downer, Alexander (13 October 1999). (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  25. ^ a b Downer, Alexander (20 September 2005). (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015.
  26. ^ Smith, Stephen (24 February 2009). (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015.
  27. ^ Carr, Bob (29 May 2012). (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015.
  28. ^ "Said Metwalli - Trade Commissioner and Consul General". Austrade > Austrade representatives. Australian Trade Commission. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

External links

  • Australian Embassy Bogota, Colombia

January 23, 2023
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The Ambassador of Australia to Colombia 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 Republic of Colombia The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is based in the Australian Embassy in Bogota which was opened by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on 27 June 2017 The embassy replaced and consolidated an Austrade office and Consulate General as well as a separate Australian Federal Police Liaison Office in Bogota The present ambassador is the first resident incumbent of the office currently Erika Thompson since 22 October 2020 1 Ambassador of Australia to ColombiaIncumbentErika Thompsonsince 22 October 2020Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeStyleHer ExcellencyReports toMinister for Foreign AffairsNominatorPrime Minister of AustraliaAppointerGovernor General of AustraliaInaugural holderAllan Loomes resident in Peru Formation1976WebsiteAustralian Embassy Bogota Colombia Contents 1 Posting history 2 List of officeholders 2 1 Heads of mission 2 2 Consul General and Trade Commissioner 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPosting history EditAustralia and Colombia established diplomatic relations on 9 September 1975 and the Ambassador to Peru Allan Loomes received non resident accreditation for Colombia presenting his credentials to President Alfonso Lopez Michelsen in 1976 2 3 In 1983 accreditation for Colombia was transferred to the Australian Embassy in Caracas Venezuela When the Caracas embassy was closed in 2002 accreditation was then transferred to the resident ambassador in Santiago Chile In 1989 an Honorary Consulate was opened in Bogota 4 Prominent Colombian lawyer Dario Cardenas of one of Colombia s largest law firms Dentons Cardenas amp Cardenas served as Honorary Consul from July 1989 to 1994 5 6 On 30 August 2011 Trade Minister and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs Craig Emerson announced the opening of a new Austrade office and Australian Consulate General managed by Austrade in Bogota This decision follows improvements in business conditions and increasing levels of foreign direct investment in response to the Colombian Government s economic reform agenda 7 From July 2012 until the opening of the resident embassy in June 2017 the Trade Commissioner served concurrently as Consul General 8 In late 2016 Trade Minister Steven Ciobo visited Colombia and later announced to Colombian press with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop that Australia intended to open an Australian resident Embassy in Colombia as part of a greater Australian effort to get closer to Latin America 9 On 10 March 2017 Bishop made the formal announcement of the intention to open a resident Embassy in Bogota noting Colombia is the fourth largest economy in Latin America and enjoys the highest growth rate of the major economies in the region Australia s total trade with Colombia is worth 500 million annually and our investment in Colombia is valued at more than 3 billion 10 This was part of a planned 58 million expansion over four years of Australia s diplomatic presence abroad being the fifth Australian embassy in Latin America and established alongside a new embassy to Morocco and a consulate general in Surabaya 11 It was also reported that the increasing stability within Colombia due to the end of the civil war and its status as South America s second strongest economy with an incredible demand for Australian goods and services had prompted the embassy s creation 12 13 14 In response to the announcement the Colombian press reported the Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin as noting the importance of the embassy s opening to assisting the growing international student and education ties between the two countries 15 16 On 27 June 2017 Foreign Minister Bishop officially opened the new Australian Embassy in Bogota and announced the appointment of the first resident ambassador the following day 17 18 List of officeholders EditHeads of mission Edit Ordinal Name Office Residency Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes1 Allan Loomes OBE Ambassador of Australia to Colombia Lima Peru 1976 1978 1 2 years2 Alan Fogg MBE 1979 1980 0 1 years3 Jim Ferguson 1981 1983 1 2 years 19 4 Peter Barbour Caracas Venezuela 1983 1984 0 1 years 20 5 Richard Starr 1985 1986 0 1 years 21 6 Anthony Dingle 1987 1991 3 4 years 22 7 Dominique De Stoop 1991 1996 4 5 years8 Roger Frankel 1996 2000 3 4 years 23 9 Susan Tanner 2000 2002 1 2 years 24 10 Elizabeth Schick Santiago Chile 2002 20 September 2005 2005 09 20 2 3 years 25 11 Crispin Conroy 20 September 2005 2005 09 20 24 February 2009 2009 02 24 3 years 157 days 25 12 Virginia Greville 24 February 2009 2009 02 24 29 May 2012 2012 05 29 3 years 95 days 26 13 Tim Kane 29 May 2012 2012 05 29 28 June 2017 2017 06 28 5 years 30 days 27 14 Sophie Davies Bogota Colombia 28 June 2017 2017 06 28 22 October 2020 2020 10 22 3 years 116 days 18 15 Erika Thompson 22 October 2020 2020 10 22 incumbent 2 years 93 days 1 Consul General and Trade Commissioner Edit Ordinal Name Office Residency Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes1 Crispin Conroy Consul General and Trade Commissioner Bogota Colombia June 2012 2012 06 June 2016 2016 06 4 years2 Said Metwalli August 2016 2016 08 28 June 2017 2017 06 28 10 months 28 Consul General and Trade Commission office closed Embassy established in Bogota See also EditForeign relations of Australia Foreign relations of ColombiaReferences Edit a b Ambassador to Colombia 22 October 2020 Archived from the original on 2 December 2020 Retrieved 9 March 2021 Colombia country brief Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Retrieved 19 May 2017 IN BRIEF The Canberra Times Vol 50 no 14 169 Australian Capital Territory Australia 12 September 1975 p 3 Retrieved 20 May 2017 via National Library of Australia Cortes M 2007 Examining Patterns of Bilateral Trade between Australia and Colombia by Using Cointegration Analysis and Error Correction Models Working Paper Faculty of Business Working Papers University of Wollongong 7 20 Retrieved 19 May 2017 Australia s honorary consuls PDF Australian International Law News Australian Legal Information Institute 1991 Retrieved 28 June 2017 Dario Cardenas Partner Dentons Cardenas amp Cardenas Retrieved 28 June 2017 Emerson Craig 30 August 2011 Austrade Office and Australian Consulate General for Colombia Media Release Minister for Trade and Competitiveness Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Retrieved 19 May 2017 Relaciones Bilaterales gt Historia gt Australia Embajada de Colombia en Australia in Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Retrieved 20 May 2017 EFE 14 September 2016 Australia abrira embajada en Colombia para acercarse a Latinoamerica in Spanish El Tiempo Retrieved 20 May 2017 Bishop Julie 10 March 2017 New Australian Embassy in Colombia Press release Australian Government Sheridan Greg 23 June 2016 Federal election 2016 Libs plan 24 7 global watch The Australian Retrieved 20 May 2017 Cashing in on Colombian opportunities Sky News 25 November 2016 Retrieved 20 May 2017 Miranda Charles 7 May 2017 As Cassie Sainsbury languishes in jail Aussie authorities head to Colombia to wage a coke war The Daily Telegraph Retrieved 20 May 2017 Alvarez Cesar 27 September 2016 Demining Colombia Australian Strategic Policy Institute ASPI The Strategist Retrieved 20 May 2017 Australia anuncia apertura de embajada en Colombia in Spanish El Heraldo 10 March 2017 Retrieved 20 May 2017 Gobierno australiano anuncia apertura de embajada en Colombia in Spanish El Tiempo 10 March 2017 Retrieved 20 May 2017 Australia ya tiene embajada en Colombia in Spanish W Radio 27 June 2017 Retrieved 28 June 2017 a b Bishop Julie 28 June 2017 Ambassador to Colombia Press release Australian Government Diplomatic postings The Canberra Times 1 August 1980 p 7 VICE REGAL The Canberra Times Vol 58 no 17 545 Australian Capital Territory Australia 12 October 1983 p 2 Retrieved 20 May 2017 via National Library of Australia VICE REGAL The Canberra Times Vol 61 no 18 614 Australian Capital Territory Australia 18 September 1986 p 2 Retrieved 20 May 2017 via National Library of Australia 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 a b Downer Alexander 20 September 2005 Diplomatic Appointment Ambassador to Chile Press release Australian Government Archived from the original on 19 April 2015 Smith Stephen 24 February 2009 Diplomatic Appointment Ambassador to Chile Press release Australian Government Archived from the original on 4 April 2015 Carr Bob 29 May 2012 Diplomatic Appointment Ambassador to Chile Press release Australian Government Archived from the original on 4 April 2015 Said Metwalli Trade Commissioner and Consul General Austrade gt Austrade representatives Australian Trade Commission Retrieved 19 May 2017 External links EditAustralian Embassy Bogota Colombia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of ambassadors of Australia to Colombia amp oldid 1134608524, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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