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List of ambassadors of Australia to Lebanon

August 31, 2023

The Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon 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 Lebanon. The Ambassador resides in Beirut.[1] The current ambassador, since April 2022, is Andrew Barnes,

Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon
Incumbent
Andrew Barnes
since 13 April 2022 (2022-04-13)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
StyleHis Excellency
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
ResidenceBeirut
NominatorPrime Minister of Australia
AppointerGovernor General of Australia
Inaugural holderW. D. Forsyth
Formation1967

List of heads of mission Edit

Ordinal Officeholder Title Other offices Residency Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes
(n/a) D. J. Kingsmill Chargé d'affaires Beirut, Lebanon 1967 (1967) 1967 (1967) 0 years
1 Bill Forsyth Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon 1967 (1967) 1970 (1970) 2–3 years [2]
2 Neil Truscott 1970 (1970) 1973 (1973) 2–3 years [3]
3 Pierre Hutton A 1973 (1973) 1975 (1975) 1–2 years
4 Peter Curtis A 1975 (1975) 1976 (1976) 0–1 years [4]
(n/a) J. M. C. Watson Chargé d'affaires Damascus, Syria 1977 (1977) 1978 (1978) 0–1 years
(n/a) D. J. Richardson 1978 (1978) 1980 (1980) 1–2 years
(2) Neil Truscott Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon A 1978 (1978) 1983 (1983) 4–5 years [5]
5 D. G. Wilson A 1983 (1983) 1984 (1984) 0–1 years
6 Ross Burns 1984 (1984) 1987 (1987) 2–3 years [6]
7 Ray Spurr 1987 (1987) 1989 (1989) 0–1 years
(n/a) J. E. Rawson Chargé d'affaires 1988 (1988) 1990 (1990) 1–2 years
8 Victoria Owen Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon 1990 (1990) 1992 (1992) 1–2 years
9 Paul Robilliard 1992 (1992) 1995 (1995) 3–4 years
Beirut, Lebanon 1995 (1995) 1996 (1996)
10 Ian Parmeter 1996 (1996) 1999 (1999) 2–3 years [7]
11 John Fennessy 1999 (1999) 12002 (12002) 2–3 years [8]
12 Stephanie Shwabsky 2002 (2002) 2006 (2006) 3–4 years [9]
13 Lyndall Sachs 2006 (2006) 2009 (2009) 2–3 years [10]
14 Jean Dunn 2009 (2009) 2010 (2010) 0–1 years [11]
15 Lex Bartlem 2010 (2010) 2014 (2014) 3–4 years [12][13]
16 Glenn Miles 2014 (2014) 2018 (2018) 3–4 years [14]
17 Rebekah Grindlay October 2018 (2018-10) 2022 (2022) 1–2 years [15]
18 Andrew Barnes 13 April 2022 (2022-04-13) incumbent 1 year, 140 days [16][17]

Notes Edit

^A Also served concurrently as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 1979 to 1984.

References Edit

  1. ^ CA 8035: Australian Embassy, Lebanon [Beirut], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 1 May 2015
  2. ^ "Obituary: William Douglass Forsyth, OBE". The Canberra Times. ACT. 8 March 1993. p. 12.
  3. ^ "Diplomatic reshuffle: Japanese post for Freeth". The Canberra Times. ACT. 29 January 1970. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Middle East Post". The Canberra Times. ACT. 12 July 1975. p. 3.
  5. ^ "Envoy to Syria". The Canberra Times. ACT. 27 September 1978. p. 3.
  6. ^ "New ambassador". The Canberra Times. ACT. 14 February 1984. p. 3.
  7. ^ Evans, Gareth (28 August 1995). (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  8. ^ Downer, Alexander (14 August 1998). (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  9. ^ Downer, Alexander (27 September 2001). (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  10. ^ Downer, Alexander (13 January 2006). (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
  11. ^ Smith, Stephen (24 August 2009). (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015.
  12. ^ Smith, Stephen (8 September 2010). (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015.
  13. ^ Tsvirko, Naomi (4 February 2015), , El Telegraph Weekend, Australian Middle East (AME) Media, archived from the original on 1 May 2015
  14. ^ Bishop, Julie (27 November 2014). (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015.
  15. ^ Payne, Marise (2019). "Alex Gallacher: Australian Ambassador inquiry (Question No. 1209)". Hansard: Australian Senate. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  16. ^ Payne, Marise (21 March 2022). "Ambassador to Lebanon". Minister for Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  17. ^ "The President received Ambassador-credentials of Australia, Pakistan, Qatar and Spain" (Press release). The Presidency of the Republic of Lebanon. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.

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