List of Australian special interests Ambassadors and Envoys

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Australian special interests Ambassadors and Envoys are specially-appointed officers of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to represent the interests of the Commonwealth of Australia abroad on a larger scale (such as by continent) or through representing the Commonwealth's approach to various international issues. While the special interest Ambassadors-at-Large are appointed in the same manner as would a normal Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, they are not credentialed to any state and thus have no treaty-making powers. Special Envoys are typically appointed by the Prime Minister of Australia.

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Special interests ambassadors

Ambassadors for Counter-Terrorism

#OfficeholderTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
1 Nick Warner 20 March 200314 August 2003147 days [1]
2Les Luck14 August 200320 July 20062 years, 340 days [2]
3Mike Smith20 July 20065 September 20082 years, 47 days [3]
4 Bill Paterson 5 September 200814 March 20134 years, 190 days [4]
5Bill Fisher14 March 201318 May 20141 year, 65 days [5]
6Miles Armitage18 May 201421 July 20162 years, 64 days [6]
7Paul Foley21 July 201618 February 20214 years, 212 days [7]
8 Roger Noble 18 February 20219 February 20231 year, 356 days [8]
9 Richard Feakes 22 May 2023Incumbent319 days [9]

Ambassadors for the Environment

#OfficeholderTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
1 Sir Ninian Stephen 198919922–3 years
2 Penelope Wensley 1992January 19963–4 years
3Howard BamseyJanuary 1996September 19971 year, 8 months [10]
4Meg McDonaldSeptember 1997November 19981 year, 2 months [11]
5Ralph HillmanNovember 1998March 20023 years, 4 months [12]
6Christopher LangmanMarch 2002February 20041 year, 11 months [13]
7 Justin Brown October 2004January 20053 months [14]
8 Jan Adams January 200520071–2 years [15]
Role merged with the Ambassador for Climate Change
9 Peter Woolcott November 201429 February 20161 year, 3 months [16]
10Patrick Suckling29 February 201618 November 20193 years, 263 days [17]
11Jamie Isbister18 November 2019Incumbent4 years, 139 days [18]

Ambassadors for Climate Change

#OfficeholderTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
1 Jan Adams 2007February 20091–2 years
2 Louise Hand February 200913 May 20123 years, 3 months [19]
3 Justin Lee 13 May 20121 November 20142 years, 172 days [20]
Role merged with the Ambassador for the Environment
4 Kristin Tilley 9 November 2022Incumbent1 year, 148 days [21]

Ambassadors for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology

#OfficeholderTitleTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
1Tobias FeakinAmbassador for Cyber Affairs10 November 2016January 20207 years, 147 days [22] [23]
Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical TechnologyJanuary 2020Incumbent

Ambassadors for Regional Health Security

#OfficeholderTitleTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
1Murray ProctorAmbassador for HIV/AIDSDecember 2007May 20124 years, 5 months [24]
2James GillingAmbassador for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria3 October 201213 June 20174 years, 253 days [24]
3Blair ExellAmbassador for Regional Health Security13 June 20173 March 20202 years, 264 days [25]
4Stephanie Williams3 March 2020Incumbent4 years, 33 days [26]

Ambassador for People Smuggling and Human Trafficking

#OfficeholderTitleTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
1John BuckleyAmbassador for People Smuggling IssuesApril 200230 July 20031 year, 3 months [27]
2 Caroline Millar 30 July 200319 December 20052 years, 142 days [28]
3 Lydia Morton 19 December 2005January 20071 year [29]
4 Michael Potts January 2007June 20092 years, 5 months [30]
5 Peter Woolcott June 2009February 20108 months [31]
6 James Larsen February 201027 May 20122 years, 3 months [32]
7Craig Chittick27 May 2012December 20142 years, 188 days [32]
8Andrew GoledzinowskiDecember 201419 October 20172 years, 10 months [33]
9Geoffrey ShawAmbassador for People Smuggling and Human Trafficking19 October 201722 May 20202 years, 216 days [34]
10Lucienne Manton22 May 2020Incumbent3 years, 319 days [35]

Ambassadors for Gender Equality

#OfficeholderTitleTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
1 Penny Williams Ambassador for Women and Girls13 September 201116 December 20132 years, 94 days [36]
2 Natasha Stott Despoja 16 December 201321 November 20162 years, 341 days [37]
3 Sharman Stone 21 November 20168 March 20203 years, 108 days [38]
4 Julie-Ann Guivarra Ambassador for Gender Equality8 March 20201 October 20211 year, 207 days [39]
5Christine ClarkeAmbassador for Women and Girls31 January 202220 December 2022323 days [40]
6 Stephanie Copus-Campbell Ambassador for Gender Equality20 December 2022Incumbent1 year, 107 days [41] [42]

Ambassadors for Human Rights

#OfficeholderTitleTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
1 Phillip Ruddock Special Envoy for Human Rights8 February 2016October 20171 year, 7 months [43]
Post abolished
2 Bronte Moules Ambassador for Human RightsTBDIncoming [42] [44]

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