List of Australian Ambassadors to Austria

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Ambassador of Australia to Austria
Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Vienna
Coat of Arms of Australia.svg
Incumbent
David Stuart
since 12 September 2012[1]
Style His Excellency
Nominator Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder Malcolm Morris
Formation 1966
Website Australian Embassy and Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Austria

The Ambassador of Australia to Austria and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Vienna 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 Austria in Vienna. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and holds non-resident accreditation for Bosnia and Herzegovina (since November 1995), Hungary (since 2013), Kosovo (since 21 May 2008), Slovakia (since 1993), and Slovenia (since 5 February 1992) as a non-resident ambassador. From 1968 to 1974 the Ambassador held accreditation for Switzerland until it was transferred to a newly opened Embassy in Berne.[2] An embassy existed in Budapest, Hungary, from 1972 till its closure in July 2013.[3] From February 1992 to October 1999, the ambassador in Vienna also held accreditation to Croatia.[4]

The Ambassador is currently David Stuart, and Austria and Australia have enjoyed official diplomatic relations since 1966.[5][6] The Ambassador also acts as Australia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Vienna since its establishment on 1 January 1980, including as the Representative and Governor on the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBTO) Preparatory Commission.

Ambassadors

Name Start of term End of term References
Malcolm Morris 1966 1970 [7]
Lawrence Corkery 1970 1972 [8][9]
John Rowland 1972 1974 [10]
Robert Furlonger February 1975 1977 [11][12]
James Cumes 1977 1980 [13][14]
Duncan Campbell 1980 1984
John Kelso 1984 1988 [15]
Michael Wilson 1988 1993 [16]
Ronald Walker 1993 1996 [17]
Lance Joseph 1996 2000
Max Hughes 2000 2003 [18]
Deborah Stokes 2003 2006 [19]
Peter Shannon 2006 2009 [20]
Michael Potts 2009 2012 [21]
David Stuart 12 September 2012 present [22]

See also

References

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