The Australian Embassy is on the 19th floor of the Kyobo Life Insurance Building, Seoul.
The current ambassador, since February 2021, is Catherine Raper. The Republic of Korea and Australia have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1961. In June 1962, Australia opened an embassy in Seoul, and after establishing diplomatic relations with North Korea in 1974, Australia opened an embassy in Pyongyang in April 1975. The embassy closed in November 1975 and relations weren't resumed until May 2000, and the embassy in Seoul has been accredited to North Korea since August 2008, the same time accreditation with Mongolia was transferred from the Embassy in Beijing.[2][3] The Australian Government established an embassy and appointed a resident ambassador to Mongolia in 2015.[4]
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The ambassador of Australia to the Republic of Korea 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 Korea South Korea 1 The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and holds non resident accreditation with the Democratic People s Republic of Korea North Korea Ambassador of Australia to the Republic of KoreaIncumbentCatherine Rapersince 17 February 2021 2021 02 17 Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeStyleHer ExcellencyReports toMinister for Foreign AffairsNominatorPrime Minister of AustraliaAppointerGovernor General of AustraliaInaugural holderJohn Petherbridge as Charge d Affaires Formation5 June 1962WebsiteAustralian Embassy Republic of Korea The Australian Embassy is on the 19th floor of the Kyobo Life Insurance Building Seoul The current ambassador since February 2021 is Catherine Raper The Republic of Korea and Australia have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1961 In June 1962 Australia opened an embassy in Seoul and after establishing diplomatic relations with North Korea in 1974 Australia opened an embassy in Pyongyang in April 1975 The embassy closed in November 1975 and relations weren t resumed until May 2000 and the embassy in Seoul has been accredited to North Korea since August 2008 the same time accreditation with Mongolia was transferred from the Embassy in Beijing 2 3 The Australian Government established an embassy and appointed a resident ambassador to Mongolia in 2015 4 Contents 1 List of heads of mission 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksList of heads of mission editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items December 2022 Ordinal Officeholder Title Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes n a John Petherbridge Charge d Affaires 5 June 1962 1962 06 05 August 1963 1963 08 1 year 1 month n a Geoffrey Brady 26 August 1963 1963 08 26 February 1964 1964 02 5 months 1 Roy Albert Peachey Ambassador of Australia tothe Republic of Korea 21 February 1964 21 February 1964 19 June 1968 19 June 1968 4 years 119 days 2 Allan Loomes 19 June 1968 19 June 1968 20 September 1971 20 September 1971 3 years 93 days 3 Murray Bourchier 7 December 1971 7 December 1971 28 January 1975 28 January 1975 3 years 52 days 4 John Roger Holdich 31 March 1975 31 March 1975 30 April 1976 30 April 1976 1 year 30 days 5 Donald Jame Horne 17 June 1976 17 June 1976 22 June 1978 22 June 1978 2 years 5 days 6 Geoff Miller 14 July 1978 14 July 1978 29 June 1980 29 June 1980 1 year 351 days 7 Ted Pocock 12 August 1980 12 August 1980 10 February 1984 10 February 1984 3 years 182 days 8 Lance Louis Ettelson Joseph 12 April 1984 12 April 1984 August 1987 August 1987 3 years 3 months 9 Richard Broinowski 28 October 1987 28 October 1987 19 December 1989 19 December 1989 2 years 52 days 10 Darren Gribble 27 February 1990 27 February 1990 December 1993 December 1993 3 years 9 months 11 Mack Williams 7 March 1994 7 March 1994 26 March 1998 26 March 1998 4 years 19 days 12 Anthony Hely March 1998 1998 03 June 2001 2001 06 3 years 3 months 5 13 Colin Heseltine 1 August 2001 2001 08 01 9 December 2005 2005 12 09 4 years 4 months 6 14 Peter Brock Rowe December 2005 2005 12 February 2009 2009 02 3 years 2 months 7 15 Sam Gerovich March 2009 2009 03 16 March 2013 2013 03 16 4 years 8 16 Bill Paterson 16 March 2013 2013 03 16 December 2016 2016 12 3 years 8 months 9 10 17 James Choi December 2016 2016 12 December 2020 2020 12 4 years 11 12 13 18 Catherine Raper 17 February 2021 2021 02 17 incumbent 3 years 102 days 14 15 16 See also editAustralia South Korea relations Foreign relations of AustraliaReferences edit CA 6952 Australian Embassy Republic of Korea Seoul National Archives of Australia retrieved 11 January 2016 Democratic People s Republic of Korea North Korea Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Retrieved 10 May 2015 Mongolia country brief Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Retrieved 10 May 2015 Bishop Julie 22 December 2015 New Embassy and appointment of Ambassador to Mongolia Press release Australian Government Archived from the original on 10 January 2016 Downer Alexander 3 December 1997 Diplomatic Appointment Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Press release Australian Government Archived from the original on 12 February 2014 Downer Alexander 19 March 2001 Diplomatic Appointment Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Press release Australian Government Archived from the original on 12 February 2014 Downer Alexander 18 October 2005 Diplomatic Appointment Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Press release Australian Government Archived from the original on 12 February 2014 Smith Stephen 18 November 2008 Diplomatic Appointment Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Press release Australian Government Archived from the original on 6 April 2015 Carr Bob 15 March 2013 Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Press release Australian Government Archived from the original on 17 June 2016 Ambassador to Korea Republic of Mr Bill Paterson PSM Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Archived from the original on 9 July 2015 Retrieved 10 May 2015 Bishop Julie 9 November 2016 Ambassador to Korea Press release Australian Government Archived from the original on 12 November 2016 Mr James Choi as Australia s next Ambassador to the Republic of Korea SBS 10 November 2016 Seung woo Kang 11 November 2016 Korean born Aussie named new Australian ambassador to Seoul The Korea Times Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Press release Minister for Foreign Affairs 16 December 2020 Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Retrieved 25 March 2021 Australia s envoy in Seoul Yonhap News Agency Korea 17 February 2021 Retrieved 12 December 2022 External links editAustralian Embassy Republic of Korea Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of ambassadors of Australia to South 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