List of ambassadors of Australia to Lebanon

Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon
Incumbent Andrew Barnes since 13 April 2022 (2022-04-13)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Beirut
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder	W. D. Forsyth [1]
Formation	1967

The Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon 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 Republic of Lebanon. The Ambassador resides in Beirut. ^[2] The current ambassador, since April 2022, is Andrew Barnes,

List of heads of mission

Ordinal	Officeholder	Title	Other offices	Residency	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
(n/a)	D. J. Kingsmill	Chargé d'affaires		Beirut, Lebanon	1967 (1967)	1967 (1967)	0 years
1	Bill Forsyth	Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon			1967 (1967)	1970 (1970)	2–3 years	[1] [3]
2	Neil Truscott				1970 (1970)	1973 (1973)	2–3 years	[4]
3	Pierre Hutton		A		1973 (1973)	1975 (1975)	1–2 years
4	Peter Curtis		A		1975 (1975)	1976 (1976)	0–1 years	[5]
(n/a)	J. M. C. Watson	Chargé d'affaires		Damascus, Syria	1977 (1977)	1978 (1978)	0–1 years
(n/a)	D. J. Richardson				1978 (1978)	1980 (1980)	1–2 years
(2)	Neil Truscott	Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon	A		1978 (1978)	1983 (1983)	4–5 years	[6]
5	D. G. Wilson		A		1983 (1983)	1984 (1984)	0–1 years
6	Ross Burns				1984 (1984)	1987 (1987)	2–3 years	[7]
7	Ray Spurr				1987 (1987)	1989 (1989)	0–1 years
(n/a)	J. E. Rawson	Chargé d'affaires			1988 (1988)	1990 (1990)	1–2 years
8	Victoria Owen	Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon			1990 (1990)	1992 (1992)	1–2 years
9	Paul Robilliard				1992 (1992)	1995 (1995)	3–4 years
				Beirut, Lebanon	1995 (1995)	1996 (1996)
10	Ian Parmeter				1996 (1996)	1999 (1999)	2–3 years	[8]
11	John Fennessy				1999 (1999)	12002 (12002)	2–3 years	[9]
12	Stephanie Shwabsky				2002 (2002)	2006 (2006)	3–4 years	[10]
13	Lyndall Sachs				2006 (2006)	2009 (2009)	2–3 years	[11]
14	Jean Dunn				2009 (2009)	2010 (2010)	0–1 years	[12]
15	Lex Bartlem				2010 (2010)	2014 (2014)	3–4 years	[13] [14]
16	Glenn Miles				2014 (2014)	2018 (2018)	3–4 years	[15]
17	Rebekah Grindlay				October 2018 (2018-10)	2022 (2022)	1–2 years	[16]
18	Andrew Barnes				13 April 2022 (2022-04-13)	incumbent	3 years, 78 days	[17] [18]

Notes

^A Also served concurrently as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 1979 to 1984.

References

1. Chad Mitcham, ‘Forsyth, William Douglass (Bill)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/forsyth-william-douglass-bill-27737, published online 2018
2. CA 8035: Australian Embassy, Lebanon [Beirut], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 1 May 2015
3. "Obituary: William Douglass Forsyth, OBE". The Canberra Times. ACT. 8 March 1993. p. 12.
4. "Diplomatic reshuffle: Japanese post for Freeth". The Canberra Times. ACT. 29 January 1970. p. 1.
5. "Middle East Post". The Canberra Times. ACT. 12 July 1975. p. 3.
6. "Envoy to Syria". The Canberra Times. ACT. 27 September 1978. p. 3.
7. "New ambassador". The Canberra Times. ACT. 14 February 1984. p. 3.
8. Evans, Gareth (28 August 1995). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador To Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
9. Downer, Alexander (14 August 1998). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador To Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
10. Downer, Alexander (27 September 2001). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
11. Downer, Alexander (13 January 2006). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
12. Smith, Stephen (24 August 2009). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015.
13. Smith, Stephen (8 September 2010). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015.
14. Tsvirko, Naomi (4 February 2015), "Former Australian Ambassador to Lebanon Reflects: 'Lebanon is a Part of Me'", El Telegraph Weekend, Australian Middle East (AME) Media, archived from the original on 1 May 2015
15. Bishop, Julie (27 November 2014). "Ambassador to Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015.
16. Payne, Marise (2019). "Alex Gallacher: Australian Ambassador inquiry (Question No. 1209)". Hansard: Australian Senate . Parliament of Australia . Retrieved 15 November 2022.
17. Payne, Marise (21 March 2022). "Ambassador to Lebanon". Minister for Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
18. "The President received Ambassador-credentials of Australia, Pakistan, Qatar and Spain" (Press release). The Presidency of the Republic of Lebanon. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.