List of ambassadors of Australia to Venezuela

Ambassador of Australia to Venezuela
Incumbent Todd Mercer (resident in Santiago) since February 2020 (2020-02)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Santiago, Chile
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder	Frederick Homer (resident in Brasilia)
Formation	1973

The Ambassador of Australia to Venezuela 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 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The ambassador resides in Santiago, Chile. The current ambassador, since February 2020, is Todd Mercer.

The Australian Government established an embassy in Caracas in 1979 and appointed its first resident ambassador, A. D. Brown. Previously, responsibility for Australian diplomatic representation in Venezuela was held in Brazil (1973–1974) and then Peru (1974–1979). ^[1] The Australian Embassy in Caracas was closed in 2002. ^{[2] [3]}

List of ambassadors

Ordinal	Officeholder	Residency	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
1	Frederick Homer	Brasilia, Brazil	1973 (1973)	1974 (1974)	0–1 years
2	Allan Loomes	Lima, Peru	1974 (1974)	1978 (1978)	3–4 years
3	Alan Fogg		1979 (1979)	1979 (1979)	0 years
4	Alan Brown	Caracas, Venezuela	1979 (1979)	1980 (1980)	0–1 years
5	Peter Barbour		1981 (1981)	1984 (1984)	2–3 years	[4]
6	Richard Starr		1985 (1985)	1986 (1986)	0–1 years	[5]
7	Anthony Dingle		1987 (1987)	1991 (1991)	3–4 years	[6]
8	Dominique De Stoop		1991 (1991)	1996 (1996)	4–5 years
9	Roger Frankel		1996 (1996)	2000 (2000)	3–4 years	[7]
10	John Woods		2000 (2000)	2002 (2002)	1–2 years	[8]
11	Virginia Greville	Santiago, Chile	2009 (2009)	2012 (2012)	2–3 years	[9] [10]
12	Tim Kane		2012 (2012)	2016 (2016)	3–4 years	[11]
13	Robert Fergusson		January 2017 (2017-01)	2020 (2020)	2–3 years	[12]
14	Todd Mercer		February 2020 (2020-02)	incumbent	2 years, 10 months	[13]

References

1. CA 8010: Australian Embassy, Venezuela [Caracas], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 23 January 2016
2. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Venezuela country brief, Australian Government, retrieved 23 January 2016
3. Brown, Bob (14 May 2008). "MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST - Venezuela and Brazil" (Senate Hansard). Parliament of Australia. p. 1737. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
4. "Diplomats posted". The Canberra Times. 26 March 1981. p. 3.
5. "Diplomatic appointments". The Canberra Times. 25 March 1985. p. 3.
6. "Venezuela posting". The Canberra Times. 24 March 1987. p. 3.
7. Evans, Gareth (7 September 1995). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Venezuela" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
8. Downer, Alexander (13 October 1999). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Venezuela" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
9. Smith, Stephen (24 February 2009). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Chile" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015.
10. "Virginia Greville". St. Margaret’s. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
11. Carr, Bob (29 May 2012). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Chile" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015.
12. Payne, Marise (2019). "Alex Gallacher: Australian Ambassador inquiry (Question No. 1209)". Hansard: Australian Senate . Parliament of Australia . Retrieved 15 November 2022.
13. "Ambassador to Chile". 18 February 2020. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.