Diplomatic rank is a system of professional and social rank used in the world of diplomacy and international relations. A diplomat's rank determines many ceremonial details,such as the order of precedence at official processions,table seatings at state dinners,the person to whom diplomatic credentials should be presented,and the title by which the diplomat should be addressed.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is the department of the Australian federal government responsible for foreign policy and relations,international aid,consular services and trade and investment. Australia's total official development assistance (ODA) decreased in 2022 due to differences in Australia's financial year reporting and the timing of its COVID-19-related expenditure,representing 0.19% of gross national income (GNI).
Ross L. Wilson is an American diplomat who was the chargéd'affaires of the United States to Afghanistan from 2020 to 2021. He was the U.S. ambassador to Turkey from 2005 to 2008 and the U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan from 2000 to 2003,with the personal rank of minister-counselor. He also teaches part-time at Carleton College. Wilson also previously served as director of the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council.
David Stuart was the Ambassador of Australia to Austria from 2012 to 2016. Prior,he was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Australia in Washington,D.C.,between 2007 and 2010. Stuart was appointed to the position in July 2007. Before his role as Deputy Chief of Mission,Stuart served in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1981),was the Third Secretary at the Embassy of Australia in Madrid (1981–1984),a member of the Australian delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council (1988–1992),Counsellor for Political Affairs at the Embassy of Australia in Jakarta (1997–1999),Australian ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1999–2002),and the First Assistant Secretary at the International Security Division in Canberra.
Louise Helen Hand is an Australian diplomat and is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Gillian Elizabeth Bird has served as Australia's Ambassador to France since November 2020. Bird concurrently serves as Australia's non-resident Ambassador to Algeria,Mauritania,and Monaco. She is a former Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations,serving between 2015 and 2019.
Robert Frank Godec is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Thailand since October 2022. He formerly served as the United States ambassador to Kenya from 2013 to 2019 and the United States ambassador to Tunisia from 2006 to 2009. He also served as acting assistant secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs from January to September 2021.
Todd Crawford Chapman is an American career diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Brazil from 2020 to 2021 and as the United States ambassador to Ecuador from 2016 to 2019.
The Embassy of Greece in Canberra is the main diplomatic mission of the Hellenic Republic in Australia,and residence of the Greek Ambassador to Australia;it is currently located in the suburb of Yarralumla,a suburb in which most of Canberra's embassies are found.
