Australian High Commissioner to the Solomon Islands

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High Commissioner of Australia to the Solomon Islands
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Incumbent
Lachlan Strahan
since 10 January 2020 (2020-01-10)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style His Excellency
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Seat Honiara
Nominator Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holderTrevor Harvey Boyd Sofield
Formation1982
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.

Contents

The high commissioner since January 2023 has been Rod Hilton, whose appointment was announced in November 2022. [1] The Solomon Islands and Australia have had diplomatic relations since 1982, following the independence of Solomon Islands on 7 July 1978.

List of high commissioners

#OfficeholderTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
1Trevor Harvey Boyd Sofield198215 August 19852–3 years
2 Max Gaylard 15 August 198519882–3 years
3John Starey1988March 19923–4 years
4 Ruth Lorraine Pearce March 1992June 19942 years, 3 months
5Robert Kenneth FlynnJune 1994July 19973 years, 1 month
6James BatleyJuly 1997July 19992 years [2]
7Martin SharpJuly 1999July 20012 years [3]
8Robert DavisJuly 2001December 20032 years, 5 months [4]
9Patrick Cole [note 1] December 200312 September 20062 years, 9 months [5]
10Peter Hooton12 January 200712 May 20092 years, 120 days [6]
11Frank Ingruber12 May 200926 April 20111 year, 349 days [7]
12Matt Anderson26 April 201120 December 20132 years, 238 days [8]
13Andrew Byrne20 December 2013December 20162 years, 11 months [9]
14Roderick BrazierDecember 201620192–3 years [10]
15Lachlan Strahan10 January 2020January 25, 20233 years, 8 months [11] [12] [13]
16Rod HiltonJanuary 2023incumbent8 months [14] [15]

Notes

^[note 1] : 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. [16]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "High Commissioner to Solomon Islands". Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator the Hon Penny Wong. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  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. ↑ Downer, Alexander (29 October 2003). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Solomon Islands" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Downer, Alexander (12 January 2007). "Diplomatic Appointment – High Commissioner to Solomon Islands" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "New Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands". Solomon Times Online. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Rudd, Kevin (26 March 2011). "Diplomatic appointment - High Commissioner to Solomon Islands" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013.
  9. ↑ Bishop, Julie (9 November 2013). "High Commissioner to Solomon Islands" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  10. ↑ Bishop, Julie (8 November 2016). "High Commissioner to Solomon Islands" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "Lachlan Strahan". linkedin.com. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "High Commissioner to Solomon Islands: Dr Lachlan Strahan". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  13. ↑ Eddie, Lachlan. "Dr Strahan completes tenure". Solomon Star. Solomon Star. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  14. ↑ Media Release. "High Commissioner to Solomon Islands". Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator the Hon Penny Wong. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  15. ↑ MFAET PRESS RELEASE. "New Australian High Commissioner pays visit to Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade". Solomon Islands Government. Solomon Islands Government Portal.
  16. ↑ "Australia not to accept high commissioner's expulsion from Solomons: PM". People's Daily Online. 13 September 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
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