High Commissioner of Australia to Niue | |
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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
Style | Her Excellency |
Reports to | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Residence | Alofi |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Australia |
Appointer | Governor General of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Michael Potts (Non-resident High Commissioner) |
Formation | 2014 |
Website | Australian High Commission, Alofi |
The high commissioner of Australia to Niue is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia in Niue. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and the high commissioner resides in Alofi. The high commissioner, since February 2022, is Louise Ellerton.
On 27 February 2014 Australia formally established diplomatic relations with Niue, a self-governing state since 1974 in free association with New Zealand, with the non-resident high commissioner in Wellington also serving as high commissioner to Niue. [1] In November 2018, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced an expansion of Australia's diplomatic representation to all members of the Pacific Islands Forum, including opening new high commissions in the Cook Islands and Niue. [2] The first resident high commissioner, Susan Allen, took office in Alofi on 26 August 2020. [3] [4]
# | Officeholder | Residency | Term start date | Term end date | Time in office | Notes |
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1 | Michael Potts | Wellington, New Zealand | 27 April 2014 | January 2016 | 1 year, 8 months | [5] [6] |
2 | Peter Woolcott | 28 January 2016 | 1 August 2017 | 1 year, 185 days | [7] | |
− | Andrew Cumpston (Acting) | 1 August 2017 | 14 February 2018 | 197 days | [8] | |
3 | Ewen McDonald | 14 February 2018 | 2 March 2019 | 1 year, 16 days | [9] | |
4 | Patricia Forsythe | 2 March 2019 | 26 August 2020 | 1 year, 177 days | [10] [11] [12] | |
5 | Susan Allen | Alofi | 26 August 2020 | November 2021 | 1 year, 2 months | [3] [4] [13] [14] |
6 | Louise Ellerton | February 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 6 months | [15] [16] [17] |
China-Niuean relations are relations between China and Niue.
The Australian high commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and the high commissioner resides in Port of Spain. The high commissioner, since March 2023, has been Sonya Koppe.