Permanent Representative of Australia to the World Trade Organization | |
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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
Style | His Excellency |
Reports to | |
Seat | Geneva, Switzerland |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Australia |
Appointer | Governor General of Australia |
Inaugural holder |
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Formation | |
Website | Australian Permanent Mission and Consulate-General, Geneva, Switzerland |
The ambassador and permanent representative of Australia to the World Trade Organization is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Permanent Mission of the Commonwealth of Australia to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and continues Australia's representation to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT; 1948–1995), as a charter member joining the WTO to replace the GATT on 1 January 1995. The Permanent Mission to the WTO is based with the Australian Permanent Mission and Consulate-General in Geneva. [1] Prior to 1973, the role of Australia's representative on the GATT was filled by the Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Geneva.
# | Officeholder | Title | Term start date | Term end date | Time in office | Notes |
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1 | George Warwick Smith | Special Trade Representative, Geneva | 16 January 1973 | 20 April 1976 | 3 years, 95 days | [2] |
2 | J. T. Fogarty | January 1977 | 1980 | 2–3 years | [3] | |
3 | Francis Patrick Donovan | 1980 | 30 August 1982 | 1–2 years | [4] | |
4 | Peter Stewart Field | 30 August 1982 | March 1985 | 2 years, 6 months | [4] [5] | |
5 | Alan Oxley | March 1985 | 1 August 1988 | 4 years, 4 months | [6] [7] | |
Permanent Representative of Australia to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade | 1 August 1988 | July 1989 | [8] [9] [10] [11] | |||
6 | David Hawes | July 1989 | March 1993 | 3 years, 8 months | [12] | |
7 | Donald Kenyon | March 1993 | 1 January 1995 | 3 years, 9 months | [13] | |
Permanent Representative of Australia to the World Trade Organization | 1 January 1995 | December 1996 | ||||
8 | Ted Delofski | 11 December 1996 | December 1997 | 11 months | [14] | |
9 | Geoff Raby | January 1998 | August 2001 | 3 years, 7 months | [15] [16] | |
10 | David Spencer | August 2001 | August 2005 | 4 years | [17] [18] | |
11 | Bruce Gosper | August 2005 | 19 December 2008 | 3 years, 4 months | [19] [20] | |
12 | Peter Grey | 19 December 2008 | 1 March 2010 | 1 year, 2 months | [21] [22] | |
13 | Tim Yeend | 1 March 2010 | June 2013 | 3 years, 3 months | [23] [24] | |
14 | Hamish McCormick | 25 June 2013 | December 2016 | 3 years, 5 months | [25] [26] | |
15 | Frances Lisson | January 2017 | 27 October 2020 | 3 years, 9 months | [27] [28] | |
16 | George Mina | 27 October 2020 | Incumbent | 2 years, 285 days | [29] [30] |
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The ambassador and permanent representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Geneva is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the delegation of the Commonwealth of Australia to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, and also as permanent representative of Australia to the Conference on Disarmament.
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