List of ambassadors of Australia to Greece explained

Post:Ambassador of Australia to Greece
Insignia:Coat of Arms of Australia.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Department:Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Reports To:Minister for Foreign Affairs
Incumbent:Arthur Spyrou
Residence:Athens
Nominator:Prime Minister of Australia
Style:His Excellency
Appointer:Governor General of Australia
Formation:1964
Inaugural:Alfred Stirling

The Ambassador of Australia to Greece 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 Hellenic Republic. The Ambassador resides in Athens and holds non-resident accreditation for Bulgaria and Romania. From 2004 to 2013, accreditation was also held for Albania, when it reverted to the Embassy in Rome.

The current ambassador, since December 2019, is Arthur Spyrou.

List of ambassadors

Ordinal Officeholder Other offices Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes
years[1]
years[2]
years[3]
years[4]
Donald Horne years[5]
years
years[6]
Donald Kingsmill years[7]
Kevin Gates years[8]
Alan Edwards years[9]
years[10]
Ross Burns years[11]
Stuart Hume years[12]
Paul Tighe years[13]
Jeremy Newman years[14]
years[15]
John Griffin years[16]
[17]
align=center incumbentalign=right [18] [19]

Notes

Also non-resident Australian Ambassador to Romania, since 18 March 1968.

Also non-resident Australian Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, since 5 April 1972.

Also non-resident Australian Ambassador to the Republic of Albania, 2004 to 2013.

Notes and References

  1. News: Embassy in Athens. The Canberra Times. 2. 10 March 1964.
  2. News: Envoy leaves for Greece. 10 May 1965. The Canberra Times. 10.
  3. News: Envoy named. 22 May 1968. The Canberra Times. 8.
  4. News: The Canberra Times. 12 June 1972. Foreign Affairs changes. 8.
  5. News: Envoy to Greece to change. The Canberra Times. 4. 12 April 1974.
  6. News: Ambassadors. The Canberra Times. 3. 28 March 1980.
  7. News: New envoy to Greece. The Canberra Times. 3. 30 May 1984.
  8. News: Former Indonesian military chief is new ambassador. Mr Kevin Gates, a former ambassador to Mexico City, was yesterday confirmed as Australia's ambassador to Greece. 2 September 1987. 6. The Age.
  9. News: New ambassadors. The Canberra Times. 2. 6 June 1991.
  10. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Greece. Gareth. Evans. Gareth Evans (politician). 13 October 1995. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212032316/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1995/m125.html. 12 February 2014. Australian Government.
  11. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212030732/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1997/fa155_97.html. 12 February 2014. 16 December 1997. Australian Government. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer.
  12. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212022539/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2001/fa058_01.html. 12 February 2014. 25 May 2001. Australian Government. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer.
  13. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Greece . https://web.archive.org/web/20140212013151/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2004/fa127_04.html. 12 February 2014. Australian Government. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. 26 August 2004.
  14. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Greece . https://web.archive.org/web/20140211230103/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2008/fa-s029_08.html. 11 February 2014. Stephen. Smith. Stephen Smith (Australian politician). 8 February 2008. Australian Government.
  15. Diplomatic appointment - Ambassador to Greece. Kevin. Rudd. Kevin Rudd. 17 July 2011. Australian Government. https://web.archive.org/web/20150329013718/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2011/kr_mr_110712.aspx?ministerid=2. 29 March 2015.
  16. Ambassador to Greece. https://web.archive.org/web/20150317092350/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2014/jb_mr_140603b.aspx?ministerid=4. 17 March 2015. Julie. Bishop. Julie Bishop. 3 June 2014. Australian Government.
  17. Ambassador to Greece. Julie. Bishop. 20 October 2017. Australian Government.
  18. Web site: Ambassador to Greece . DFAT . 12 July 2020.
  19. Web site: Kampouris. Nick. Australia Names Arthur Spyrou as Canberra's New Ambassador to Greece Greek Reporter Australia. 2020-08-29. en-US.