List of ambassadors of Australia to Brazil explained

Post:Ambassador of Australia to Brazil
Insignia:Coat of Arms of Australia.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Department:Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Reports To:Minister for Foreign Affairs
Incumbent:Tim Kane
Incumbentsince:November 2018
Residence:Brasilia
Nominator:Prime Minister of Australia
Style:His Excellency
Appointer:Governor-General of Australia
Formation:1945
Inaugural:Lewis Macgregor
(as Minister to Brazil)

The Ambassador of Australia to Brazil 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 Federative Republic of Brazil. The current Ambassador since November 2018 is Tim Kane, who resides in Brasilia.

List of heads of mission

Ordinal Officeholder Title Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes
Lewis MacgregorMinister to Brazilalign=center 1945align=center 1948align=right years
n/aTorrence Doig Chargé d'affairesalign=center 1948align=center 1950align=right years
Minister to Brazil align=center 1951align=center 1953align=right years
n/aChargé d'affairesalign=center 1953align=center 1954align=right years
Ambassador of Australia to Brazil align=center 1954align=center 1959align=right years
align=center 1959align=center 1960align=right years
align=center 1960align=center 1962align=right years
Owen Davis align=center 1962align=center 1964align=right years
n/aRodney Hodgson Chargé d'affaires align=center 1964align=center 1965align=right years
Ambassador of Australia to Brazilalign=center 1965align=center 1971align=right years
Frederick Homer align=center 1971align=center 1974align=right years
John Kelso align=center 1974align=center 1978align=right years
Rudolph Schneemann align=center 1978align=center 1981align=right years
align=center 1981align=center 1985align=right years
Warwick Weemaes align=center 1985align=center 1988align=right years[1]
Warwick Pearson align=center 1988align=center 1992align=right years
Alan Thomas align=center 1992align=center 1995align=right years
Charles Mott align=center 1995align=center 1998align=right years[2]
Garry Conroy align=center 1998align=center 2002align=right years[3]
John Sullivan align=center 2002align=center 2005align=right years[4]
Peter Heyward align=center 2005align=center 2008align=right years[5]
Neil Mules align=center 2008align=center 2011align=right years[6]
Brett Hackett align=center 2011align=center align=right years[7]
align=center align=center align=right [8]
John Richardson align=center align=center align=right [9]
Tim Kane align=center align=center incumbentalign=right [10] [11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Ambassador named. 18 May 1985. 3. The Canberra Times.
  2. Diplomatic appointment: Ambassador to Brazil. 4 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150404231916/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1995/m120.html. Gareth. Evans. Gareth Evans (politician). 26 September 1995. Australian Government.
  3. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212025439/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa008_98.html. 12 February 2014. Australian Government. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. 2 February 1998.
  4. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Brazil. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212021635/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2002/fa013_02.html. 12 February 2014. Australian Government. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. 29 January 2002.
  5. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Brazil. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212012513/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2005/fa040_05.html. 12 February 2014. Australian Government. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. 7 April 2005.
  6. Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Brazil. https://web.archive.org/web/20150411075342/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2007/fa135_07.html. 11 April 2015. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Australian Government. 12 October 2007.
  7. Diplomatic appointment - Ambassador to Brazil. Kevin. Rudd. Kevin Rudd. Australian Government. 8 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20150502015819/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2010/kr_mr_101208.aspx?ministerid=2. 2 May 2015.
  8. Ambassador to Brazil. https://web.archive.org/web/20150405094912/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2014/jb_mr_140212b.aspx?ministerid=4. 5 April 2015. Julie. Bishop. Julie Bishop. 12 February 2014. Australian Government.
  9. Ambassador to Brazil . https://web.archive.org/web/20160123024240/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2016/jb_mr_160114.aspx?w=tb1CaGpkPX%2FlS0K%2Bg9ZKEg%3D%3D . 23 January 2016 . Julie . Bishop . Julie Bishop . 14 January 2016 . Australian Government . dead .
  10. Web site: 2018-09-22. Ambassador to Brazil. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210119014130/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/ambassador-brazil. 2021-01-19. 2021-03-09. Minister for Foreign Affairs.
  11. Web site: Payne, Marise . Marise Payne . Alex Gallacher: Australian Ambassador inquiry . . . 2019 . 25 October 2022 .

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