List of Australian High Commissioners to the Solomon Islands
High Commissioner of Australia to the Solomon Islands | |
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![]() 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
Name | Start of term | End of term | References |
Trevor Harvey Boyd Sofield | 1982 | 15 August 1985 | |
Max Gaylard | 15 August 1985 | 1988 | |
John Starey | 1988 | March 1992 | |
Ruth Lorraine Pearce | March 1992 | June 1994 | |
Robert Kenneth Flynn | June 1994 | July 1997 | |
James Batley | July 1997 | July 1999 | [2] |
Martin Sharp | July 1999 | July 2001 | [3] |
Robert Davis | July 2001 | December 2003 | [4] |
Patrick Cole | December 2003 | 12 September 2006 | [5][6] |
Peter Hooton | 12 January 2007 | 12 May 2009 | [7] |
Frank Ingruber | 12 May 2009 | 26 April 2011 | [8] |
Matt Anderson | 26 April 2011 | 20 December 2013 | [9] |
Andrew Byrne | 20 December 2013 | present | [10] |
Roderick Brazier | December 2016 (expected) | [11] |
See also
References
- ↑ "High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Mr Andrew Byrne". Australian Ambassadors and other representatives. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
- ↑ Downer, Alexander (28 April 1997). "Diplomatic appointment: High Commissioner to Solomon Islands" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ↑ Downer, Alexander (7 July 1999). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner To Solomon Islands" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Solomon Islands". The Hon. Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs. 29 October 2003. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Downer, Alexander (12 January 2007). "Diplomatic Appointment – High Commissioner to Solomon Islands" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ↑ "New Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands". Solomon Times Online. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ↑ Rudd, Kevin (26 March 2011). "Diplomatic appointment - High Commissioner to Solomon Islands" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013.
- ↑ Bishop, Julie (9 November 2013). "High Commissioner to Solomon Islands" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
- ↑ 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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