List of Australian Ambassadors to Myanmar

Ambassador of Australia to Mayanmar
Incumbent Nicholas Coppel since 2015
Style	His Excellency
Inaugural holder	Colin Moodie
Formation	1956

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

List of heads of mission

Charge d’Affaires

• Malcolm Booker (1952–1953)^[2]

Ministers to Myanmar

• Colin Moodie (1956)

Ambassadors to Myanmar

• Colin Moodie (1956–1957)
• Allan Loomes (1958–1961)
• Frederick Homer (Chargé d'affaires, 1962–1963)
• Lew Border (1963–1965)^[3]
• Frank Milne (1965–1966)
• Marshall Johnston (1966–1967)
• Roy Fernandez (1968–1969)
• Richard Broinowski (1970–1971)
• Walter Handmer (1972–1973)
• Garry Woodard (1974–1976)
• R.C. Whitty (Chargé d'affaires, 1977)
• John Lavett (1977–19780)
• Richard Gate (1980–1982)^[4]
• Frank Milne (1983–1986)
• Christopher Lamb (1987–1988)
• Geoff Allen (1989–1993)
• Stuart Hume (1993–1997)^[5]
• Lyndall McLean (1997–2000)^[6]
• Trevor Wilson (2000–2003)^[7]
• Paul Grigson (2003–2005)^[8]
• Bob Davis (2005–2008)^[9]
• Michelle Chan (2008–2011)^[10]
• Bronte Moules (2011–2015)^[11][12][13]
• Nicholas Coppel (2015–)^[14]

References

1. CA 2753: Australian Embassy, Myanmar [Yangon], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 1 May 2015
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6. Fischer, Tim (9 January 1997). "Diplomatic appointment: Ambassador to Myanmar" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014.
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10. Smith, Stephen (4 April 2008). "Diplomatic appointment – Ambassador to Burma" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015.
11. Rudd, Kevin (20 December 2010). "Diplomatic appointment – Ambassador to Burma" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
12. Welch, Dylan (21 December 2010). "Rudd appoints wheat kickbacks figure as ambassador to Burma". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014.
13. "Rudd appoints new diplomat to Burma". Courier Mail. News Corp. AAP. 20 December 2010.
14. Bishop, Julie (4 February 2015). "Ambassador to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015.