List of Australian special interests Ambassadors and Envoys

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Australian special interests Ambassadors and Envoys are specially-appointed officers of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to represent the interests of the Commonwealth of Australia abroad on a larger scale (such as by continent) or through representing the Commonwealth's approach to various international issues. While the special interest Ambassadors-at-Large are appointed in the same manner as would a normal Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, they are not credentialed to any state and thus have no treaty-making powers. Special Envoys are typically appointed by the Prime Minister of Australia.

Special interests ambassadors[edit]

Ambassadors for Counter-Terrorism[edit]

# Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes
1 Nick Warner 20 March 2003 (2003-03-20) 14 August 2003 (2003-08-14) 147 days [1]
2 Les Luck 14 August 2003 (2003-08-14) 20 July 2006 (2006-07-20) 2 years, 340 days [2]
3 Mike Smith 20 July 2006 (2006-07-20) 5 September 2008 (2008-09-05) 2 years, 47 days [3]
4 Bill Paterson 5 September 2008 (2008-09-05) 14 March 2013 (2013-03-14) 4 years, 190 days [4]
5 Bill Fisher 14 March 2013 (2013-03-14) 18 May 2014 (2014-05-18) 1 year, 65 days [5]
6 Miles Armitage 18 May 2014 (2014-05-18) 21 July 2016 (2016-07-21) 2 years, 64 days [6]
7 Paul Foley 21 July 2016 (2016-07-21) 18 February 2021 (2021-02-18) 4 years, 212 days [7]
8 Roger Noble 18 February 2021 (2021-02-18) 9 February 2023 (2023-02-09) 1 year, 356 days [8]
9 Richard Feakes 22 May 2023 (2023-05-22) Incumbent 343 days [9]

Ambassadors for the Environment[edit]

# Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes
1 Sir Ninian Stephen 1989 (1989) 1992 (1992) 2–3 years
2 Penelope Wensley 1992 (1992) January 1996 (January 1996) 3–4 years
3 Howard Bamsey January 1996 (1996-01) September 1997 (1997-09) 1 year, 8 months [10]
4 Meg McDonald September 1997 (1997-09) November 1998 (1998-11) 1 year, 2 months [11]
5 Ralph Hillman November 1998 (1998-11) March 2002 (2002-03) 3 years, 4 months [12]
6 Christopher Langman March 2002 (2002-03) February 2004 (2004-02) 1 year, 11 months [13]
7 Justin Brown October 2004 (2004-10) January 2005 (2005-01) 3 months [14]
8 Jan Adams January 2005 (2005-01) 2007 (2007) 1–2 years [15]
Role merged with the Ambassador for Climate Change
9 Peter Woolcott November 2014 (2014-11) 29 February 2016 (2016-02-29) 1 year, 3 months [16]
10 Patrick Suckling 29 February 2016 (2016-02-29) 18 November 2019 (2019-11-18) 3 years, 263 days [17]
11 Jamie Isbister 18 November 2019 (2019-11-18) Incumbent 4 years, 163 days [18]

Ambassadors for Climate Change[edit]

# Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes
1 Jan Adams 2007 (2007) February 2009 (2009-02) 1–2 years
2 Louise Hand February 2009 (2009-02) 13 May 2012 (2012-05-13) 3 years, 3 months [19]
3 Justin Lee 13 May 2012 (2012-05-13) 1 November 2014 (2014-11-01) 2 years, 172 days [20]
Role merged with the Ambassador for the Environment
4 Kristin Tilley 9 November 2022 (2022-11-09) Incumbent 1 year, 172 days [21]

Ambassadors for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology[edit]

# Officeholder Title Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes
1 Tobias Feakin Ambassador for Cyber Affairs 10 November 2016 (2016-11-10) January 2020 (2020-01) 7 years, 171 days [22][23]
Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology January 2020 (2020-01) Incumbent

Ambassadors for Regional Health Security[edit]

# Officeholder Title Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes
1 Murray Proctor Ambassador for HIV/AIDS December 2007 (2007-12) May 2012 (2012-05) 4 years, 5 months [24]
2 James Gilling Ambassador for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 3 October 2012 (2012-10-03) 13 June 2017 (2017-06-13) 4 years, 253 days [24]
3 Blair Exell Ambassador for Regional Health Security 13 June 2017 (2017-06-13) 3 March 2020 (2020-03-03) 2 years, 264 days [25]
4 Stephanie Williams 3 March 2020 (2020-03-03) Incumbent 4 years, 57 days [26]

Ambassador for People Smuggling and Human Trafficking[edit]

# Officeholder Title Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes
1 John Buckley Ambassador for People Smuggling Issues April 2002 (2002-04) 30 July 2003 (2003-07-30) 1 year, 3 months [27]
2 Caroline Millar 30 July 2003 (2003-07-30) 19 December 2005 (2005-12-19) 2 years, 142 days [28]
3 Lydia Morton 19 December 2005 (2005-12-19) January 2007 (2007-01) 1 year [29]
4 Michael Potts January 2007 (2007-01) June 2009 (2009-06) 2 years, 5 months [30]
5 Peter Woolcott June 2009 (2009-06) February 2010 (2010-02) 8 months [31]
6 James Larsen February 2010 (2010-02) 27 May 2012 (2012-05-27) 2 years, 3 months [32]
7 Craig Chittick 27 May 2012 (2012-05-27) December 2014 (2014-12) 2 years, 188 days [32]
8 Andrew Goledzinowski December 2014 (2014-12) 19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 2 years, 10 months [33]
9 Geoffrey Shaw Ambassador for People Smuggling and Human Trafficking 19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 22 May 2020 (2020-05-22) 2 years, 216 days [34]
10 Lucienne Manton 22 May 2020 (2020-05-22) Incumbent 3 years, 343 days [35]

Ambassadors for Gender Equality[edit]

# Officeholder Title Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes
1 Penny Williams Ambassador for Women and Girls 13 September 2011 (2011-09-13) 16 December 2013 (2013-12-16) 2 years, 94 days [36]
2 Natasha Stott Despoja 16 December 2013 (2013-12-16) 21 November 2016 (2016-11-21) 2 years, 341 days [37]
3 Sharman Stone 21 November 2016 (2016-11-21) 8 March 2020 (2020-03-08) 3 years, 108 days [38]
4 Julie-Ann Guivarra Ambassador for Gender Equality 8 March 2020 (2020-03-08) 1 October 2021 (2021-10-01) 1 year, 207 days [39]
5 Christine Clarke Ambassador for Women and Girls 31 January 2022 (2022-01-31) 20 December 2022 (2022-12-20) 323 days [40]
6 Stephanie Copus-Campbell Ambassador for Gender Equality 20 December 2022 (2022-12-20) Incumbent 1 year, 131 days [41][42]

Ambassadors for Human Rights[edit]

# Officeholder Title Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes
1 Phillip Ruddock Special Envoy for Human Rights 8 February 2016 (2016-02-08) October 2017 (2017-10) 1 year, 7 months [43]
Post abolished
2 Bronte Moules Ambassador for Human Rights TBD Incoming [42][44]

Special Envoys[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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