List of ambassadors of Australia to Lebanon explained

Post:	Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon
Insignia:	Coat of Arms of Australia.svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Department:	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Reports To:	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Incumbent:	Andrew Barnes
Residence:	Beirut
Nominator:	Prime Minister of Australia
Style:	His Excellency
Appointer:	Governor General of Australia
Formation:	1967
Inaugural:	W. D. Forsyth^[1]

The Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon 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 Lebanon. The Ambassador resides in Beirut. The current ambassador, since April 2022, is Andrew Barnes,

List of heads of mission

Ordinal	Officeholder	Title	Other offices	Residency	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
(n/a)	D. J. Kingsmill	Chargé d'affaires		Beirut, Lebanon			align=right	years
		Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon					align=right	years	^[2] ^[3]
							align=right	years	^[4]
							align=right	years
							align=right	years	^[5]
(n/a)	J. M. C. Watson	Chargé d'affaires		Damascus, Syria			align=right	years
(n/a)	D. J. Richardson						align=right	years
	Neil Truscott	Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon					align=right	years	^[6]
	D. G. Wilson						align=right	years
	Ross Burns						years	^[7]
	Ray Spurr						years
(n/a)	J. E. Rawson	Chargé d'affaires					years
		Ambassador of Australia to Lebanon					years
	Paul Robilliard						years
			Beirut, Lebanon
	Ian Parmeter						years	^[8]
	John Fennessy						years	^[9]
							years	^[10]
	Lyndall Sachs						years	^[11]
							years	^[12]
	Lex Bartlem						years	^[13]
	Glenn Miles						years	^[14]
							years	^[15]
	Andrew Barnes				align=center		align=center	incumbent	align=right		^[16] ^[17]

Notes

Also served concurrently as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 1979 to 1984.

Notes and References

1. Chad Mitcham, ‘Forsyth, William Douglass (Bill)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/forsyth-william-douglass-bill-27737, published online 2018
2. Chad Mitcham, ‘Forsyth, William Douglass (Bill)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/forsyth-william-douglass-bill-27737, published online 2018
3. News: Obituary: William Douglass Forsyth, OBE. The Canberra Times. ACT. 8 March 1993. 12.
4. News: Diplomatic reshuffle: Japanese post for Freeth. 29 January 1970. The Canberra Times. ACT. 1.
5. News: Middle East Post. 12 July 1975. The Canberra Times. ACT. 3.
6. News: Envoy to Syria. 27 September 1978. The Canberra Times. ACT. 3.
7. News: New ambassador. The Canberra Times. ACT. 14 February 1984. 3.
8. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador To Lebanon. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212032402/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1995/m100.html. 12 February 2014. 28 August 1995. Australian Government. Gareth. Evans. Gareth Evans (politician).
9. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Australian Government. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador To Lebanon. 12 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212024813/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa110a_98.html. 14 August 1998.
10. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Australian Government. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Lebanon. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212022036/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2001/fa148_01.html. 12 February 2014. 27 September 2001.
11. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Lebanon . https://web.archive.org/web/20150413093625/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2006/fa006_06.html. 13 April 2015. 13 January 2006. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Australian Government.
12. Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Lebanon. https://web.archive.org/web/20150403201937/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2009/fa-s090824e.html. 3 April 2015. Stephen. Smith. Stephen Smith (Australian politician). 24 August 2009. Australian Government.
13. Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Lebanon. https://web.archive.org/web/20150401130045/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2010/fa-s100908b.html. 1 April 2015. Stephen. Smith. Stephen Smith (Australian politician). 8 September 2010. Australian Government.
14. Ambassador to Lebanon. Australian Government. Julie. Bishop. Julie Bishop. 27 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150406175357/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2014/jb_mr_141127a.aspx?ministerid=4. 6 April 2015.
15. Web site: Alex Gallacher: Australian Ambassador inquiry (Question No. 1209) . Payne, Marise . Marise Payne . . . 2019 . 15 November 2022 .
16. Web site: Payne . Marise . 2022-03-21 . Ambassador to Lebanon . 2022-06-26 . Minister for Foreign Affairs.
17. The President received Ambassador-credentials of Australia, Pakistan, Qatar and Spain . The Presidency of the Republic of Lebanon . 13 April 2022 . 8 December 2022 .