List of Australian High Commissioners to Nigeria

Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria
Incumbent Paul Lehmann since 2015
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Abuja
Inaugural holder	Alan Renouf
Formation	1960

The Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria is the Australian Government's foremost diplomatic representative in Nigeria. The Ambassador resides in Abuja.^[1] The High Commissioner also has non-resident accreditation to Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Niger and The Gambia.^[2]

List of High Commissioners

• Alan Renouf (1960–1963)
• L.E. Phillips (1964)
• James Cumes (1965–1967)
• H.D. White (1968–1970)^[3]
• Pierre Hutton (1970–1972)^[4]
• W.H. Bray (1973–1976)
• W.K. Flanagan (1977–1979)
• H.C. Mott (1980–1983)
• Allan Taylor (1983–1985)
• Hugh Wyndham (1986–1989)^[5]
• Oliver Cordell (1989–1993)^[6]
• Howard Brown (1993–1997)^[7]
• Matthew Neuhaus (1997–2001)^[8]
• Bob Whitty (2001–2004)^[9]
• Iain Dicke (2004–2007)^[10]
• Jeffrey Hart (2007–2010)^[11]
• Ian McConville (2010–2012)^[12]
• Jon Richardson (2012– 2015)^[13]
• Paul Lehmann (2015–)^[2]

References

1. CA 7832: Australian High Commission, Nigeria [Abuja], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 15 April 2015
2. Bishop, Julie (9 November 2015). "High Commissioner to Nigeria" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016.
3. "Diplomat for Nigeria". The Canberra Times. 19 September 1967. p. 9.
4. "Envoy to Nigeria named". The Canberra Times. 16 February 1970. p. 3.
5. "New envoy appointed to Nigeria". The Canberra Times. 12 June 1986. p. 12.
6. "Cordell appointed". The Canberra Times. 25 May 1989. p. 13.
7. Evans, Gareth (12 November 1995). "Nigeria: Recall of the Australian High Commissioner" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
8. Downer, Alexander (22 September 1997). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Nigeria" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
9. Downer, Alexander (2 September 2000). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Nigeria" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
10. Downer, Alexander (12 February 2004). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Nigeria" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
11. Downer, Alexander (30 November 2006). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Nigeria" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015.
12. Smith, Stephen (19 July 2010). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Nigeria" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015.
13. Carr, Bob (1 November 2012). "High Commissioner to Nigeria" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015.