List of Australian Ambassadors to Brazil

Ambassador to Brazil
Incumbent John Richardson since 2016
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Brasilia
Inaugural holder	Lewis Macgregor (as Minister to Brazil)
Formation	1945

The Australian Ambassador to Brazil is the Australian Government's foremost diplomatic representative in Brazil. The Ambassador resides in Brasilia.^[1]

List of heads of mission

Ministers to Brazil

• Lewis Macgregor (1945–1948)
• Torrence Doig (Chargé d'affaires) (1948–1950)
• Peter Heydon (1951–1953)
• John Ryan (Chargé d'affaires) (1953–1954)

Ambassadors to Brazil

• Cedric Kellway (1954–1959)
• Donald Mackinnon (1959–1960)
• Stewart Wolfe Jamieson (1960–1962)
• Owen Davis (1962–1964)
• Rodney Hodgson (Chargé d'affaires) (1964–1965)
• John McMillan (1965–1971)
• Frederick Homer (1971–1974)
• John Kelso (1974–1978)
• Rudolph Schneemann (1978–1981)
• Bruce Woodberry (1981–1985)
• Warwick Weemaes (1985–1988)^[2]
• Warwick Pearson (1988–1992)
• Alan Thomas (1992–1995)
• Charles Mott (1995–1998)^[3]
• Garry Conroy (1998–2002)^[4]
• John Sullivan (2002–2005)^[5]
• Peter Heyward (2005–2008)^[6]
• Neil Mules (2008–2011)^[7]
• Brett Hackett (2011–2014)^[8]
• Patrick Lawless (2014–2016)^[9]
• John Richardson (2016–)^[10]

References

1. CA 8026: Australian Embassy, Brazil [Brasilia], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 2 May 2015
2. "Ambassador named". The Canberra Times. 18 May 1985. p. 3.
3. Evans, Gareth (26 September 1995). "Diplomatic appointment: Ambassador to Brazil" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015.
4. Downer, Alexander (2 February 1998). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
5. Downer, Alexander (29 January 2002). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Brazil" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
6. Downer, Alexander (7 April 2005). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Brazil" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
7. Downer, Alexander (12 October 2007). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Brazil" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015.
8. Rudd, Kevin (8 December 2010). "Diplomatic appointment - Ambassador to Brazil" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015.
9. Bishop, Julie (12 February 2014). "Ambassador to Brazil" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015.
10. Bishop, Julie (14 January 2016). "Ambassador to Brazil" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016.