Ambassador of Australia to Argentina | |
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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
Style | His Excellency |
Reports to | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Residence | Buenos Aires |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Australia |
Appointer | Governor-General of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Kevin Kelly (as Ambassador) |
Formation | 1964 |
The Ambassador of Australia to Argentina is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Argentine Republic. The ambassador since October 2018 is Brett Hackett, who resides in Buenos Aires. [1]
Ordinal | Officeholder | Title | Term start date | Term end date | Time in office | Notes |
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(n/a) | Harry Bullock | Chargé d'affaires | 1962 | 1963 | 0–1 years | |
1 | Kevin Kelly | Ambassador of Australia to Argentina | 1964 | 1967 | 2–3 years | [2] |
2 | Dan Mackinnon | 1967 | 1970 | 2–3 years | ||
3 | Harry Bullock | 1970 | 1973 | 2–3 years | ||
4 | Hugh Dunn | 1973 | 1976 | 2–3 years | ||
(3) | Harry Bullock | 1976 | 1979 | 2–3 years | ||
5 | Malcolm Dan | 1980 | 1985 | 4–5 years | [3] [4] | |
6 | Keith Douglas-Scott | 1985 | 1989 | 3–4 years | [5] | |
7 | Robert Robertson | 1989 | 1992 | 2–3 years | ||
8 | Richard Wyndham | 1992 | 1996 | 3–4 years | ||
9 | Warwick Weemaes | 1996 | 1998 | 1–2 years | ||
10 | Martine Letts | 1998 | 2000 | 1–2 years | [6] | |
11 | Sharyn Minahan | 2000 | 2004 | 3–4 years | [7] | |
12 | Peter Hussin | 2004 | 2008 | 3–4 years | [8] | |
13 | John Richardson | 2008 | 2011 | 2–3 years | [9] | |
14 | Patricia Holmes | 2011 | 2014 | 2–3 years | [10] | |
15 | Noel Campbell | 2014 | 2018 | 3–4 years | [11] | |
16 | Brett Hackett | 22 October 2018 | 2023 | 5 years, 30 days | [12] |
Mr. K. T. Kelly has been appointed as Australia's first Ambassador to Argentina