Ambassador of Australia to Egypt | |
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Incumbent Glenn Miles since November 2018 | |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
Style | His Excellency |
Reports to | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Residence | Cairo |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Australia |
Appointer | Governor-General of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Claude Massey (as Minister to Egypt) |
Formation | 1950 |
Website | Australian Embassy Egypt |
The Ambassador of Australia to Egypt 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 Arab Republic of Egypt. The current ambassador, since November 2018, is Glenn Miles, who resides in Cairo. The Ambassador also holds non-resident accreditation as Ambassador to Eritrea, Syria and Sudan. [1] Australia opened its first embassy in the Arab world in Cairo, in 1950. [2] There existed an embassy in Damascus, Syria from 1977 to 1999. Prior to 1977, accreditation for Syria was held by the embassies in Beirut, Lebanon (1973–1976) and Baghdad, Iraq (1976–1977). [3] In 1991, with its independence, accreditation for Eritrea was held by the High Commission in Nairobi, until it was transferred to the embassy in Cairo in 2006.
After the Australian Government closed its post in Syrian embassy in 1999, the Ambassador to Egypt was named responsible for representing Australian interests in Syria.
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Ordinal | Officeholder | Title | Other offices | Term start date | Term end date | Time in office | Notes |
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1 | Claude Massey | Minister to Egypt | 1950 | 1953 | 2–3 years | [4] [5] | |
2 | Hugh McClure Smith | 1953 | 1953 | 1–2 years | [6] [7] | ||
3 | Roden Cutler VC , CBE | 1955 | 1957 | 1–2 years | [8] | ||
Post withdrawn 9 September 1956 | |||||||
4 | John Quinn OBE | Minister to Cairo | November 1960 | April 1961 | 1 year | [9] | |
Ambassador to the United Arab Republic | April 1961 | November 1961 | |||||
5 | Francis Hamilton Stuart | November 1961 | March 1966 | 4 years, 4 months | [10] | ||
6 | L. J. Lawrey | March 1966 | January 1969 | 2 years, 10 months | [11] | ||
7 | Brian Clarence Hill | January 1969 | 1971 | 2–3 years | [12] | ||
Ambassador of Australia to Egypt | 1971 | 1972 | |||||
8 | Keith Douglas Scott | June 1972 | January 1975 | 2 years, 7 months | [13] | ||
9 | Robin Ashwin | 1975 | 1978 | 2–3 years | [14] | ||
10 | Pierre Hutton | 1978 | 1981 | 2–3 years | [15] | ||
11 | Frank Murray | 1981 | 1984 | 2–3 years | [16] | ||
12 | Kenneth Rodgers | 1984 | 1987 | 2–3 years | [17] | ||
13 | Ian Hutcheons | 1987 | 1990 | 2–3 years | [18] | ||
14 | John Crighton | 1990 | 1993 | 2–3 years | |||
15 | Colin McDonald | 1993 | 1998 | 4–5 years | |||
16 | Michael Smith | 1995 | 1998 | 2–3 years | |||
17 | Victoria Owen PSM | A B | 1998 | 2002 | 3–4 years | [19] | |
18 | Robert Newton | A B | 2002 | 2005 | 2–3 years | [20] | |
19 | Bob Bowker | A B C | 2005 | 2008 | 2–3 years | [21] | |
20 | Stephanie Shwabsky | A B C | 2008 | 2012 | 3–4 years | ||
21 | Ralph King | A B C | 2012 | 2015 | 2–3 years | [22] | |
22 | Neil Hawkins | A B C | 2015 | 2018 | 2–3 years | [23] | |
23 | Glenn Miles | A B C | November 2018 | incumbent | 4 years, 1 month | [24] [25] |