List of ambassadors of Australia to Jordan explained

Post:	Ambassador of Australia to Jordan
Insignia:	Coat of Arms of Australia.svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Department:	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Reports To:	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Incumbent:	Bernard Lynch
Residence:	Amman
Nominator:	Prime Minister of Australia
Style:	His Excellency
Appointer:	Governor General of Australia
Inaugural:	Pierre Hutton (Resident in Lebanon)

The Ambassador of Australia to Jordan 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 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The Ambassador resides in Amman.

Australia’s diplomatic relations with Jordan began when Pierre Hutton, then Ambassador to Lebanon, was accredited as non-resident Ambassador to Jordan on 29 April 1975. A Jordan post was opened in Amman in 1979 with David Wadham named as Chargé d'Affaires while the then non-resident Ambassador, H.N. Truscott, remained in Lebanon. The first resident Ambassador was appointed in 1982, a move in part to ensure that Australia could be more fully informed about developments in the Middle East.^[1]

The current Ambassador to Jordan, since January 2021, is Bernard Lynch.

List of ambassadors

Ordinal	Officeholder	Residency	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
		Beirut, Lebanon			align=right	years
					years
	J. M. Starey				years
	J. P. McCarthy				years
	H. N. Truscott				years
	David G. Wilson				years
	Richard K. Gate	Amman, Jordan			align=right	years	^[2]
	Terry J. Goggin				align=right	years	^[3]
	G. R. T. Bowker				align=right	years	^[4]
	Jonathan P. C. Sheppard				align=right	years
	Merry Wickes				align=right	years	^[5] ^[6]
	Ian W. Russell				align=right	years	^[7]
					align=right	years	^[8]
	Trevor Peacock				align=right	years	^[9]
	Glenn White				align=right	years	^[10]
					align=right	years	^[11] ^[12]
	Miles Armitage				align=right	years	^[13]
	Bernard Lynch			incumbent	align=right		^[14] ^[15]

Notes and References

1. News: Closer ties with Arabs sought: Australia to post resident ambassador to Jordan. The Canberra Times. 8. 13 January 1982.
2. News: Ambassadors. 24 September 1982. 3. The Canberra Times.
3. News: The Canberra Times. 21 November 1985. 2. Envoy to Jordan.
4. News: Public servant for Zambia. 1 October 1988. 10. The Canberra Times.
5. News: New ambassadors. The Canberra Times. 6. 26 July 1995.
6. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Jordan. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212032447/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1995/m78.html. 12 February 2014. Gareth. Evans. Gareth Evans (politician). 25 July 1995. Australian Government.
7. Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Jordan. Alexander. Downer. 16 July 1998. Australian Government. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212024900/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa095_98.html. 12 February 2014. Alexander Downer.
8. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Jordan. Alexander. Downer. 6 June 2001. Australian Government. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212022522/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2001/fa068_01.html. 12 February 2014. Alexander Downer.
9. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Jordan. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212012043/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2005/fa109_05.html. 12 February 2014. 2 September 2005. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Australian Government.
10. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. https://web.archive.org/web/20150406020746/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2008/fa-s157_08.html. 6 April 2015. Stephen. Smith. Australian Government. 21 October 2008. Stephen Smith (Australian politician).
11. Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Jordan. https://web.archive.org/web/20150326055135/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2012/kr_mr_120130.aspx?ministerid=2. 26 March 2015. Kevin. Rudd. Kevin Rudd. 20 January 2012. Australian Government.
12. News: Rudd appoints new Jordan envoy. The Australian Financial Review. 30 January 2012. AAP. 7 January 2016. Fairfax Media.
13. Ambassador to Jordan. https://web.archive.org/web/20160505222133/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2016/jb_mr_160504c.aspx. Australian Government. 5 May 2016. Julie. Bishop. Julie Bishop. 4 May 2016.
14. Web site: 2020-11-29 . Ambassador to Jordan . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210226112749/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/ambassador-jordan . 2021-02-26 . 2021-03-09.
15. News: New Australian ambassador to Jordan presents credentials . . 10 January 2021 . 13 November 2022 . Petra, Jordan News Agency .