Australian High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago explained

Post:Australian High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago
Insignia:Coat of Arms of Australia.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Department:Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Reports To:Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent:Sonya Koppe
Seat:Port of Spain
Nominator:Prime Minister of Australia
Style:Her Excellency
Appointer:Governor General of Australia
Inaugural:James Ingram
Website:https://trinidadandtobago.embassy.gov.au/ptsp/home.html

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.

Posting history

The Australian government established a High Commission in Port of Spain in May 2004 and appointed its first resident High Commissioner, John Michell. Previously, responsibility for Australian diplomatic representation in Trinidad and Tobago was held in Canada (1974); Jamaica (1975–1994); and Barbados (1994–2004). The decision to move Australian Government representation from Barbados to Trinidad and Tobago was part of a review of Australia's diplomatic network completed in July 2003.[1]

List of high commissioners

Officeholder Residency Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes
align=center Ottawa, Canada19741974align=right years[2]
align=center Kingston, Jamaica19751977align=right years
align=center Brian Hickey19781979align=right years
align=center 19801981align=right years[3]
align=center R. E. Little19821984align=right years
align=center Michael Landale19851987align=right years
align=center Ian Wille19881989align=right years[4]
align=center Peter Rogers19901994align=right years
align=center Bob WhittyBridgetown, Barbados19941998align=right years[5]
align=center Paul Smith19982001align=right years[6]
align=center 20012004align=right years[7]
align=center John MichellPort of Spain20042007align=right years[8]
align=center Philip Kentwell20072013align=right years[9]
align=center Ross Tysoe20132016align=right years[10]
align=center John Pilbeam20162019align=right years[11]
align=center Bruce Lendon 20192023align=right 4 years[12] [13]
17Sonya Koppeincumbentalign=right  days

External links

Notes and References

  1. Australia's Overseas Diplomatic Network Enhanced. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Australian Government. 18 July 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212015510/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2003/fa089_03.html. 12 February 2014.
  2. News: Australia names two new envoys. 8 January 1974. 6. The Canberra Times. ACT . .
  3. News: Minister announces Jamaica posting. 19 December 1979. The Canberra Times. ACT. 17.
  4. News: Hayden announces envoy for Jamaica. 6 October 1987. 3. The Canberra Times. ACT.
  5. News: Whitty given job in the West Indies. 3 November 1993. 4. The Canberra Times. ACT.
  6. Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Barbados. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212025402/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa013a_98.html. 12 February 2014. Australian Government. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. 10 February 1998.
  7. Australian Government. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Barbados. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212022916/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2001/fa007_01.html. 12 February 2014. 22 January 2001.
  8. Australian Government. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago. https://web.archive.org/web/20151102133357/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2004/fa051_04.html. 2 November 2015. 10 April 2004.
  9. Australian Government. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago. https://web.archive.org/web/20150411184858/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2007/fa063_07.html. 11 April 2015. 5 June 2007.
  10. High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago. https://web.archive.org/web/20150403033735/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2012/bc_mr_121113c.html. 3 April 2015. Bob. Carr. Bob Carr. 13 November 2012. Australian Government.
  11. High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago. https://web.archive.org/web/20151212045524/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2015/jb_mr_151204a.aspx. 12 December 2015. Julie. Bishop. Julie Bishop. Australian Government. 4 December 2015.
  12. Payne, Marise . Marise Payne . 2019-07-19. High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago. live. 2021-03-11. Minister for Foreign Affairs. https://web.archive.org/web/20200319150451/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/high-commissioner-trinidad-and-tobago . 19 March 2020 .
  13. News: PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS: HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA . The Office of the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago . 15 October 2019 . 24 December 2022 .

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