List of ambassadors of Australia to the Federated States of Micronesia

Ambassador of Australia to the Federated States of Micronesia
Incumbent George Fraser since January 2016
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder	Ric Smith (Consul-General residing in Honolulu)
Formation	1987

The Ambassador of Australia to the Federated States of Micronesia 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 Federated States of Micronesia. Australia first established diplomatic relations with the Federated States of Micronesia in 1987 and the Australian Embassy in Pohnpei was opened in November 1989. ^[1] Prior to the establishment of the embassy, representative functions were carried out by the Consul-General residing in Honolulu. ^[2] The current ambassador, since January 2016, is George Fraser.

List of ambassadors

Ordinal	Officeholder	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
1	Ric Smith	1987 (1987)	1989 (1989)	1–2 years
2	Ken Brazel	1990 (1990)	1991 (1991)	0–1 years	[3]
3	P. S. B. Stanford	1991 (1991)	1995 (1995)	3–4 years
4	Perry K. Head	1995 (1995)	1998 (1998)	2–3 years
5	Tim Cole	1998 (1998)	2001 (2001)	2–3 years
6	Brendan Doran	2001 (2001)	2004 (2004)	2–3 years	[4] [5]
7	Corinne Tomkinson	2004 (2004)	2007 (2007)	2–3 years	[6]
8	Susan Cox	2007 (2007)	2011 (2011)	3–4 years	[7]
9	Martin Quinn	2011 (2011)	2014 (2014)	2–3 years	[8]
10	Terry Beven	2014 (2014)	2015 (2015)	0–1 years	[9]
11	George Fraser	January 2016 (2016-01)	incumbent	6 years, 11 months	[10] [11]

References

1. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Federated States of Micronesia country brief, Australian Government, archived from the original on 1 March 2015
2. CA 8022: Australian Embassy, Federated States of Micronesia [Pohnpei], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 10 January 2016
3. "X - Diplomatic and Consular Relations" (PDF), Australian Year Book of International Law: 444, 1989, archived (PDF) from the original on 4 February 2017, retrieved 4 February 2017
4. Downer, Alexander (19 June 2001). "Diplomatic appointment: Ambassador to Micronesia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
5. Falcam, Leo A. (20 November 2001). "Australia's Ambassador Doran presents his credentials to FSM" (Press release). Government of the Federated States of Micronesia. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011.
6. Downer, Alexander (27 August 2004). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Micronesia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
7. Downer, Alexander (6 August 2007). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Micronesia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
8. Rudd, Kevin (7 December 2010). "Diplomatic appointment - Federated States of Micronesia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 1 March 2015.
9. Bishop, Julie (10 November 2013). "Ambassador to Micronesia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014.
10. Bishop, Julie (22 December 2015). "Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016.
11. Payne, Marise (2019). "Alex Gallacher: Australian Ambassador inquiry (Question No. 1209)". Hansard: Australian Senate . Parliament of Australia . Retrieved 15 November 2022.