List of Australian Ambassadors to Spain

Ambassador to Spain
Incumbent Virginia Greville since 2015
Style	Her Excellency
Residence	Madrid
Inaugural holder	Lawrence John Lawrey
Formation	1969

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

List of Ambassadors

• Lawrence John Lawrey (1969–1971)^[2]
• D. McCarthy (1972–1976)
• Hugh Gilchrist (1977–1979)
• K.H. Rogers (1980–1984)
• D.G. Wilson (1985)
• Harry Jenkins (1986–1988)^[3][4][5]
• H.C. Mott (1989–1991)
• Warwick Pearson (1992–1996)
• Richard Starr (1997–2000)
• Tim George (2000–2003)^[6]
• Susan Tanner (2003–2006)^[7]
• Noel Campbell (2006–2010)^[8]
• Zorica McCarthy (2010–2013)^[9]
• Jane Hardy (2013–2014)^[10][11]
• Virginia Greville (2015–)^[12][13]

References

1. CA 8018: Australian Embassy, Spain [Madrid], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 26 April 2015
2. "Diplomat appointed to Spain". The Canberra Times. 4 December 1968. p. 11.
3. "Jenkins' job in Spain confirmed". The Canberra Times. 17 March 1986. p. 1.
4. "Opposition query on Jenkins's job". The Canberra Times. 8 January 1986. p. 7.
5. "New new man in Madrid: Harry Jenkins — taking control of a new house". The Canberra Times. 6 July 1986. p. 2.
6. Downer, Alexander (21 January 2000). "Diplomatic Appointment – Ambassador to Spain" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
7. Downer, Alexander (28 May 2003). "Diplomatic Appointment – Ambassador to Spain" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
8. Downer, Alexander (22 June 2006). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Spain" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015.
9. Smith, Stephen (18 November 2009). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Spain" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015.
10. Carr, Bob (6 September 2012). "Ambassador to Spain" (Press release). Archived from the original on 3 April 2015.
11. Dorling, Philip; Knaus, Christopher (14 January 2015). "Australian diplomat returned from posting after husband charged over child-sex allegations". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015.
12. Bishop, Julie (1 May 2015). "Ambassador to Spain" (Press release). Archived from the original on 23 August 2015.
13. University of Queensland (7 May 2015). "UQ alumnus named Ambassador to Spain". UQ News. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.