Alexander John Gosse Downer is an Australian former politician and diplomat who was leader of the Liberal Party from 1994 to 1995,Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2007,and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2018.
Sir Alexander Russell "Alick" Downer was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was a member of the House of Representatives between 1949 and 1963,representing the Liberal Party,and served as Minister for Immigration in the Menzies Government. He was later High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1972.
Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop is an Australian former politician who served as the 29th speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015. A member of the Liberal Party of Australia,she served as a senator for New South Wales from 1987 to 1994 after which she became the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Mackellar from 1994 to 2016. During her time in parliament she served as the minister for Defence Industry from 1996 to 1998 and minister for Aged Care from 1998 to 2001 under Prime Minister John Howard.
Brendan John Nelson is an Australian business leader,physician and former politician. He served as the federal Leader of the Opposition from 2007 to 2008,going on to serve as Australia's senior diplomat to the European Union and NATO. He currently serves in a global leadership role with Boeing.
Robert Murray Hill is a retired Australian politician. He is an adjunct professor in Sustainability and Co-Director of the Alliance 21 project at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. He is also a Commissioner of the Global Ocean Commission and the 15th Chancellor of the University of Adelaide.
Mark Charles Jefford Nicholas is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer and broadcaster. He played for Hampshire from 1978 to 1995,captaining them from 1985 to his retirement. On 1 October 2023,he succeeded Stephen Fry as president of Marylebone Cricket Club on a one-year term.
In the Commonwealth of Nations,a high commissioner is the senior diplomat,generally ranking as an ambassador,in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another. Instead of an embassy,the diplomatic mission is generally called a high commission.
Foreign relations exist between Australia and Zimbabwe. Both countries have full embassy level diplomatic relations. Australia maintains an embassy in Harare,and Zimbabwe maintains an embassy in Canberra.
The Keating government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Paul Keating of the Australian Labor Party from 1991 to 1996. The government followed on from the Hawke government after Paul Keating replaced Bob Hawke as Labor leader in an internal party leadership challenge in 1991. Together,these two governments are often collectively described as the Hawke-Keating government. The Keating government was defeated in the 1996 federal election and was succeeded by John Howard's Coalition government.
Canada and South Africa established bilateral relations in the 1930s. Both countries are former British colonies and share similar cultures in terms of sports and language. Both countries are members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Allan Douglas Hawke was an Australian senior public servant and diplomat.
South Africa –Sri Lanka relations refers to the current and historical relations between South Africa and Sri Lanka. The Government of South Africa established its resident diplomatic mission in Colombo in September 2007. HE Sirisena Amarasekara is the current Sri Lankan High Commissioner to South Africa while HE Ms RP Marks is the current South African High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. Both countries are members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Sirisena Amarasekara is a Sri Lankan public servant and diplomat. He is the former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to South Africa,Mozambique,Namibia, Zambia,Zimbabwe,Lesotho,Angola,Botswana,and Eswatin. He had functioned as the secretary to the prime minister on two occasions,and as the secretary to the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. Having completed more than 50 years of public service,Amarasekara is one of the most senior Sri Lankan public servants.
