List of Australian Ambassadors to Greece

Ambassador to Greece
Incumbent John Griffin since 2014
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Athens
Inaugural holder	Alfred Stirling
Formation	1964

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

Ambassadors to Greece

• Alfred Stirling (1964–1965)^[2]
• Jo Gullett (1965–1968)^[3]
• Hugh Gilchrist (1968–1972)^[4]
• Barry Hall (1972–1974)^[5]
• Donald Horne (1974–1976)^[6]
• Les Johnson (1976–1980)
• Marshall Johnston (1980–1984)^[7]
• Donald Kingsmill (1984–1987)^[8]
• Kevin Gates (1987–1991)^[9]
• Alan Edwards (1991–1996)^[10]
• Robert Merrillees (1996–1998)^[11]
• Ross Burns (1998–2001)^[12]
• Stuart Hume (2001–2005)^[13]
• Paul Tighe (2005–2008)^[14]
• Jeremy Newman (2008–2011)^[15]
• Jenny Bloomfield (2011–2014)^[16]
• John Griffin (2014+)^[17]

References

1. CA 8021: Australian Embassy, Greece [Athens], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 16 April 2015
2. "Embassy in Athens". The Canberra Times. 10 March 1964. p. 2.
3. "Envoy leaves for Greece". The Canberra Times. 10 May 1965. p. 10.
4. "Envoy named". The Canberra Times. 22 May 1968. p. 8.
5. "Foreign Affairs changes". The Canberra Times. 12 June 1972. p. 8.
6. "Envoy to Greece to change". The Canberra Times. 12 April 1974. p. 4.
7. "Ambassadors". The Canberra Times. 28 March 1980. p. 3.
8. "New envoy to Greece". The Canberra Times. 30 May 1984. p. 3.
9. "Former Indonesian military chief is new ambassador". The Age. 2 September 1987. p. 6. Mr Kevin Gates, a former ambassador to Mexico City, was yesterday confirmed as Australia's ambassador to Greece
10. "New ambassadors". The Canberra Times. 6 June 1991. p. 2.
11. Evans, Gareth (13 October 1995). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Greece" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
12. Downer, Alexander (16 December 1997). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
13. Downer, Alexander (25 May 2001). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
14. Downer, Alexander (26 August 2004). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Greece" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
15. Smith, Stephen (8 February 2008). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Greece" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014.
16. Rudd, Kevin (17 July 2011). "Diplomatic appointment - Ambassador to Greece" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015.
17. Bishop, Julie (3 June 2014). "Ambassador to Greece" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015.