List of Australian High Commissioners to the Solomon Islands

High Commissioner of Australia to the Solomon Islands
Incumbent
Andrew Byrne
since 9 November 2013
Style His Excellency
Nominator Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder Trevor Harvey Boyd Sofield
Formation 1982
Website Australian High Commission, Honiara

The High Commissioner of Australia to the Solomon Islands is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Solomon Islands. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is based with the High Commission on the corner of Hibiscus Avenue and Mud Alley, Honiara.

The High Commissioner at November 2016 was Andrew Byrne.[1] The Solomon Islands and Australia have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1982, following the declaration of independence by Solomon Islands on 7 July 1978.

High Commissioners

NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
Trevor Harvey Boyd Sofield198215 August 1985
Max Gaylard15 August 19851988
John Starey1988March 1992
Ruth Lorraine PearceMarch 1992June 1994
Robert Kenneth FlynnJune 1994July 1997
James BatleyJuly 1997July 1999[2]
Martin SharpJuly 1999July 2001[3]
Robert DavisJuly 2001December 2003[4]
Patrick ColeDecember 200312 September 2006[5][6]
Peter Hooton12 January 200712 May 2009[7]
Frank Ingruber12 May 200926 April 2011[8]
Matt Anderson26 April 201120 December 2013[9]
Andrew Byrne20 December 2013present[10]
Roderick BrazierDecember 2016 (expected)[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Mr Andrew Byrne". Australian Ambassadors and other representatives. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
  2. ↑ Downer, Alexander (28 April 1997). "Diplomatic appointment: High Commissioner to Solomon Islands" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Downer, Alexander (7 July 1999). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner To Solomon Islands" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Downer, Alexander (22 June 2001). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to the Solomon Islands" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Solomon Islands". The Hon. Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs. 29 October 2003. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  6. ↑ On 12 September 2006 the Australian High Commissioner was declared persona non grata by the Solomon Islands Government alleging that he was "talking too much to the opposition," and had been expressing his opposition to a government-appointed commission of inquiry into recent civil unrest. "Australia not to accept high commissioner's expulsion from Solomons: PM". People's Daily Online. 13 September 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Downer, Alexander (12 January 2007). "Diplomatic Appointment – High Commissioner to Solomon Islands" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "New Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands". Solomon Times Online. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  9. ↑ Rudd, Kevin (26 March 2011). "Diplomatic appointment - High Commissioner to Solomon Islands" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013.
  10. ↑ Bishop, Julie (9 November 2013). "High Commissioner to Solomon Islands" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  11. ↑ Bishop, Julie (8 November 2016). "High Commissioner to Solomon Islands" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016.

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