List of ambassadors of Australia to Hungary explained

Post:	Ambassador of Australia to Hungary
Insignia:	Coat of Arms of Australia.svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Department:	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Reports To:	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Incumbent:	Richard Sadleir
Incumbentsince:	2019
Residence:	Vienna, Austria
Nominator:	Prime Minister of Australia
Style:	His Excellency
Appointer:	Governor-General of Australia
Inaugural:	John Rowland (resident in Vienna)

The Ambassador of Australia to Hungary is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia in Hungary. The Australian Government established an embassy in Budapest in October 1984, and appointed its first resident Ambassador, Oliver Cordell.^[1] Previously, responsibility for Australian diplomatic representation in Hungary was held in Austria (1971–1985). At the time, Bill Hayden, then Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, said that closer ties with Hungary could help Australia to encourage dialogue between the United States and the Soviet Union on matters such as disarmament.^[2]

The Australian Embassy in Budapest closed in July 2013. The Government at the time said the closure was because of budget constraints. Currently, the Australian Ambassador to Hungary is accredited from Vienna. The current ambassador, since 2019, is Richard Sadleir.

List of ambassadors

Ordinal	Officeholder	Residency	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
		Vienna, Austria			years	^[3]
					years
					years	^[4] ^[5]
	Duncan Campbell				years
	John Kelso				years	^[6]
	Oliver Cordell	Budapest, Hungary			years
	Doug Townsend				years	^[7]
	Donald Kingsmill	Budapest, Hungary			years
	Patrick Robertson				years	^[8]
					years	^[9]
	Leo Cruise				years	^[10]
					years	^[11]
	Alex Brooking				years	^[12]
	John Griffin				years	^[13] ^[14]
		Vienna, Austria			years	^[15]
	Brendon Hammer				years	^[16] ^[17]
	Richard Sadleir			incumbent	years	^[18]

Notes and References

1. News: Embassy in Hungary. 4 April 1985. The Canberra Times. ACT. 3.
2. News: Budapest embassy. 28 August 1984. 2. The Canberra Times. ACT.
3. News: Links with Hungary, Bulgaria. 6 April 1972. 1. The Canberra Times. ACT.
4. News: Diplomatic posts. The Canberra Times. 26 January 1980. 3. ACT.
5. News: Ambassadors appointed. 27 August 1977. The Canberra Times. 7. ACT.
6. News: Ambassadors announced. 12 March 1984. 3. The Canberra Times. ACT.
7. News: Diplomats chosen. 4 July 1988. 10. The Canberra Times. ACT.
8. Diplomatic appointment: Ambassador to Hungary. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212032515/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1995/m66.html. 12 February 2014. 26 June 1995. Gareth. Evans. Gareth Evans (politician). Australian Government.
9. Australian Government. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary. 16 December 1997. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212030739/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1997/fa154_97.html. 12 February 2014.
10. Australian Government. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Hungary. 10 January 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212022930/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2001/fa004_01.html. 12 February 2014.
11. Australian Government. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Hungary. 25 February 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212014850/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2004/fa029_04.html. 12 February 2014.
12. Australian Government. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Diplomatic Appointment: Hungary. 5 March 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20150411185331/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2007/fa024_07.html. 11 April 2015.
13. Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Hungary. Kevin. Rudd. Kevin Rudd. 12 May 2011. 29 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150329143119/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2011/kr_mr_110512.aspx?ministerid=2. Australian Government.
14. News: Diplomat's link to NQ. https://web.archive.org/web/20160115072400/http://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/diplomats-link-to-nq-ambassador-to-hungary/876035/. 15 January 2016 . 13 June 2011. Bruce. Mckean. Mackay Daily Mercury.
15. Ambassador to Austria . Australian Government . Bob . Carr . Bob Carr . 5 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714175143/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2012/bc_mr_120705a.aspx?ministerid=1 . 14 July 2014 . dead .
16. Ambassador to Austria. Australian Government. Julie. Bishop. Julie Bishop. 28 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160928105052/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2016/jb_mr_160928.aspx. 28 September 2016.
17. Web site: 2019-08-28 . Ambassador to Austria . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201019221349/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/ambassador-austria . 2020-10-19 . 2021-03-09.
18. Web site: 2019-08-28 . Ambassador to Austria . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201019221349/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/ambassador-austria . 2020-10-19 . 2021-03-09.