List of ambassadors of Australia to Poland explained

Post:	Ambassador of Australia to Poland
Insignia:	Coat of Arms of Australia.svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Department:	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Reports To:	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Incumbent:	Lloyd Brodrick
Residence:	Warsaw
Nominator:	Prime Minister of Australia
Style:	His Excellency
Appointer:	Governor General of Australia
Formation:	1972
Inaugural:	L. J. Lawrey

The ambassador of Australia to Poland 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 Republic of Poland. The ambassador is located in Warsaw and also holds non-resident accreditation for Lithuania (since 2013) and the Czech Republic (and formerly Czechoslovakia, 1978–1990; since 1994). From 29 June 1990 to September 1994 there was a resident embassy in Prague. The current ambassador, since November 2019, is Lloyd Brodrick.

The Australian Government has maintained a diplomatic relationship with Poland since 1972.^[1] Between June 1972 and September 1973 the Australian Ambassador in Moscow was dually accredited to Warsaw.^[2] In 1973, Francis Stuart became the first resident Ambassador to the country.

Officeholders

Heads of mission

Ordinal	Officeholder	Title	Other offices	Residency	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
	Lawrence John Lawrey	Ambassador of Australia to Poland		Moscow, USSR
(n/a)	Peter James Lloyd	Charge d’Affaires		Warsaw, Poland
		Ambassador of Australia to Poland					years
	Bob Laurie						years	^[3]
	John Burgess						years	^[4]
	Max Hughes						years	^[5]
	Lawry W. Herron						years
	Anthony Kevin						years
	Jonathan Thwaites						years	^[6]
							years	^[7]
							years	^[8]
	Ian Forsyth						years	^[9]
							years	^[10]
							years	^[11]
	Paul Wojciechowski						align=right	years	^[12]
	Lloyd Brodrick					incumbent	align=right		^[13] ^[14]

Notes

Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to Czechoslovakia, between 1978 and 1990.

Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to the Czech Republic, since 1994.

Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to the Republic of Lithuania, since 2013.

Resident ambassadors to Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic

Name	Start of term	End of term	References
Tony Vincent	29 June 1990	September 1994	^[15]

See also

• Australia–Lithuania relations
• Australia–Poland relations

External links

• Australian Embassy, Poland – Czech Republic, Lithuania

Notes and References

1. News: The Canberra Times. 3. 21 February 1972. Diplomatic relations with Poland.
2. News: Ambassador from Poland due next week. The Canberra Times. 27 October 1973. 9.
3. News: Foreign Affairs posting. 17 January 1977. 3. The Canberra Times.
4. News: Diplomatic postings. The Canberra Times. 1 August 1980. 7.
5. News: Envoy to Poland appointed. 19 October 1984. 3. The Canberra Times.
6. News: Ambassador named. 10 September 1994. The Canberra Times. 6.
7. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Poland. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212025105/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa062_98.html. 12 February 2014. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Australian Government. 17 May 1998.
8. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Poland. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212021113/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2002/fa085_02.html. 12 February 2014. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Australian Government. 30 May 2002. This year marks the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and Poland. .
9. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Poland. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212012425/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2005/fa049_05.htm. 12 February 2014. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Australian Government. 22 April 2005.
10. Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Poland. https://web.archive.org/web/20140315003145/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2008/fa-s084a_08.html. 15 March 2014. Stephen. Smith. Stephen Smith (Australian politician). Australian Government. 30 May 2008.
11. Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Poland. https://web.archive.org/web/20150211073306/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2011/kr_mr_111208.aspx?ministerid=2. 11 February 2015. Kevin. Rudd. Kevin Rudd. Australian Government. 8 December 2011.
12. Ambassador to Poland. Julie Bishop. Bishop. Julie. Australian Government. https://web.archive.org/web/20151116135020/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2015/jb_mr_151113a.aspx. 16 November 2015. 13 November 2015.
13. Web site: Ambassador to Poland . DFAT . 30 June 2020.
14. News: President receives credentials from five newly appointed ambassadors to Poland . President.PL . The official website of the President of the Republic of Poland . 10 December 2019 . 25 November 2022 .
15. Diplomatic appointment - the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic. Gareth Evans (politician). Evans . Gareth . Australian Government. 25 May 1990.