List of Australian High Commissioners to Vanuatu

Australian High Commissioner to Vanuatu
Incumbent Jeremy Bruer since 2012
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Port Vila
Inaugural holder	Michael Ovington
Formation	1980

The Australian Government has maintained a diplomatic relationship with Vanuatu since the New Hebrides gained independence in July 1980 as a Commonwealth republic.^[1] Australia was the first country to establish a foreign mission in Port Vila, in 1978.^[2]

Name	Start of term	End of term	References
Mike Ovington	1980	1983
Joan Norwood	1983	1985	[3]
Greg Urwin	1985	1988	[4]
Keith Baker	1988	1990
David Ambrose	1990	1992	[5]
Peter Shannon	1992	1996	[6]
Alan Edwards	1996	1999	[2]
Perry Head	1999	2002	[7]
Stephen Waters	2002	2005	[8]
John Pilbeam	2005	2009	[9]
Pablo Kang	2009	2010	[10]
Jeff Roach	2010	2012	[11]
Jeremy Bruer	2012	2017 (expected)	[12]
Jenny Da Rin	2017 (expected)		[13]

References

1. Function on board Royal Australian Navy minehunter HMAS Huon Port Vila Harbour (PDF), Australian Government, 31 July 2010, pp. 2–3, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012
2. Evans, Gareth (13 October 1995). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Vanuatu" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
3. "High Commissioner". The Canberra Times. 27 December 1982. p. 6.
4. "Envoy to Vanuatu". The Canberra Times. 10 January 1985. p. 10.
5. "Appointments". The Canberra Times. 27 February 1990. p. 5.
6. "Aust appoints new High Commissioner to Vanuatu". The Canberra Times. 20 September 1992. p. 4.
7. Downer, Alexander (28 August 1998). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner To Vanuatu" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
8. Downer, Alexander (23 July 2001). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner To Vanuatu" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
9. Downer, Alexander (17 December 2004). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner To Vanuatu" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
10. Smith, Stephen (21 December 2008). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner To Vanuatu" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014.
11. Rudd, Kevin (17 November 2010). "Diplomatic Appointment – High Commissioner To Vanuatu" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015.
12. Carr, Bob (24 August 2012). "High Commissioner to Vanuatu" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014.
13. Bishop, Julie (23 November 2016). "High Commissioner to Vanuatu" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016.