List of Australian Ambassadors to Belgium

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Ambassador of Australia to Belgium
Ambassador to the European Union
Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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Incumbent
Mark Higgie
since September 2014
Style His Excellency
Nominator Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder Edwin McCarthy (resident in the Hague)
James Cumes (Chargé d'affaires)
Formation 1 May 1959[1]
Website Australian Embassy to Belgium and Luxembourg and Mission to the European Union and NATO

The Ambassador of Australia to Belgium 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 Kingdom of Belgium in Brussels. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and holds non-resident accreditation for Luxembourg. The Ambassador also acts as Australia's Ambassador to the European Union (EU) and Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).[2]

Belgium and Australia have enjoyed official diplomatic relations since 1 May 1959 when Australia appointed Edwin McCarthy, Ambassador to the Netherlands in The Hague, as the non-resident Ambassador to Belgium.[1] McCarthy also served as Australia's first Ambassador to the European Communities, when he was appointed in March 1962, just before he left his post in the Netherlands and Belgium, until he retired in 1964.[3][4] When McCarthy retired, Ralph Harry succeeded him as both ambassador to Belgium and the European Communities (became the EU in 1993).[5] Australia has been involved on an official level (as a 'global partner') with NATO since 2005 and the first Australian Ambassador to NATO was Brendan Nelson, appointed on 20 January 2012.[6] The current ambassador is Mark Higgie.

Office-holders

Ambassadors resident in The Hague

Name Start of term End of term References
Edwin McCarthy 1 May 1959 June 1962 [1][7]
Walter Crocker 13 June 1962 1964 [8]

Ambassador to the European Communities

Name Start of term End of term References
Edwin McCarthy March 1962 17 March 1964
Ambassador to Belgium

Ambassadors to Belgium

Name Start of term End of term References
James Cumes (Chargé d'affaires) 1962 1964
Ralph Harry 1965 1969
Owen Davis 1970 1971
Allan Eastman 1972 1974
James Cumes 1975 1977 [9]
James Plimsoll 1977 1980 [10]
Roy Fernandez 1981 1982
Harold David Anderson 1983 1986
Peter Curtis 1987 1991 [11]
David Sadleir 1991 1992 [12]
Ted Pocock 1992 1997
Donald Kenyon 1997 2000 [13]
Joanna Hewitt 2000 2003 [14]
Peter Grey 2003 2007 [15]
Alan Thomas 2007 2010 [16]
Brendan Nelson 2010 2012 [17][18]
Duncan Lewis 2012 2014 [19]
Mark Higgie September 2014 present [20]

See also

References

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