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 2 3 CA 7162: Australian Embassy, Jordan [Amman], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 7 January 2016
- ↑ "Closer ties with Arabs sought: Australia to post resident ambassador to Jordan". The Canberra Times. 13 January 1982. p. 8.
- ↑ "Ambassadors". The Canberra Times. 24 September 1982. p. 3.
- ↑ "Envoy to Jordan". The Canberra Times. 21 November 1985. p. 2.
- ↑ "Public servant for Zambia". The Canberra Times. 1 October 1988. p. 10.
- ↑ "New ambassadors". The Canberra Times. 26 July 1995. p. 6.
- ↑ Evans, Gareth (25 July 1995). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Jordan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- ↑ Downer, Alexander (16 July 1998). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Jordan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- ↑ Downer, Alexander (6 June 2001). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Jordan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- ↑ Downer, Alexander (2 September 2005). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Jordan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Rudd, Kevin (20 January 2012). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Jordan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015.
- ↑ "Rudd appoints new Jordan envoy". The Australian Financial Review. Fairfax Media. AAP. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ↑ Bishop, Julie (4 May 2016). "Ambassador to Jordan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.