List of Australian Ambassadors to Jordan

Ambassador to Jordan
Incumbent Miles Armitage since 2016
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Amman
Inaugural holder	Pierre Hutton (Resident in Lebanon)
Formation	29 April 1975

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

Australia’s diplomatic relations with Jordan began when Pierre Hutton, then Ambassador to Lebanon, was accredited as non-resident Ambassador to Jordan on 29 April 1975.^[1] A Jordan post was opened in Amman in 1979 with D.B. Wadham named as Chargé d'Affaires while the then non-resident Ambassador, H.N. Truscott, remained in Lebanon.^[1] The first resident Ambassador was appointed in 1982, a move in part to ensure that Australia could be more fully informed about developments in the Middle East.^[2]

The current Ambassador to Jordan is Miles Armitage.

List of heads of mission

Non-resident Ambassadors to Jordan

• Pierre Hutton (1975)
• Peter Curtis (1975–1976)
• J.M. Starey (1976–1977)
• J.P. McCarthy (1977–1978)
• H.N. Truscott (1978–1981)
• David G. Wilson (1981–1982)

Resident Ambassadors to Jordan

• Richard K. Gate (1982–1986)^[3]
• Terry J. Goggin (1986–1989)^[4]
• G.R.T. Bowker (1989–1992)^[5]
• Jonathan P.C. Sheppard (1992–1995)
• Merry Wickes (1995–1998)^[6][7]
• Ian W. Russell (1998–2001)^[8]
• John .A. Tileman (2001–2005)^[9]
• Trevor Peacock (2005–2009)^[10]
• Glenn White (2009–2012)^[11]
• Heidi Venamore (2012–2016)^[12][13]
• Miles Armitage (2016–)^[14]

References

1. CA 7162: Australian Embassy, Jordan [Amman], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 7 January 2016
2. "Closer ties with Arabs sought: Australia to post resident ambassador to Jordan". The Canberra Times. 13 January 1982. p. 8.
3. "Ambassadors". The Canberra Times. 24 September 1982. p. 3.
4. "Envoy to Jordan". The Canberra Times. 21 November 1985. p. 2.
5. "Public servant for Zambia". The Canberra Times. 1 October 1988. p. 10.
6. "New ambassadors". The Canberra Times. 26 July 1995. p. 6.
7. Evans, Gareth (25 July 1995). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Jordan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
8. Downer, Alexander (16 July 1998). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Jordan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
9. Downer, Alexander (6 June 2001). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Jordan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
10. Downer, Alexander (2 September 2005). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Jordan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
11. Smith, Stephen (21 October 2008). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015.
12. Rudd, Kevin (20 January 2012). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Jordan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015.
13. "Rudd appoints new Jordan envoy". The Australian Financial Review. Fairfax Media. AAP. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
14. Bishop, Julie (4 May 2016). "Ambassador to Jordan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016.