Alan Renouf
{{Short description|Australian government official}}
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| name = Alan Renouf
| honorific-suffix = OBE
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| office1 = Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs
| term_start1 = {{start date|1974|01|03|df=y}}
| term_end1 = {{end date|1977|02|18|df=y}}
|office2 = 12th Ambassador of Australia to
the United States
|term_start2 = 9 February 1976
|term_end2 = 20 May 1979
|predecessor2 = Nick Parkinson
|successor2 = Robert B. Birch
(Chargé d'affaires)
| birth_name = Alan Phillip Renouf
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|03|21|df=y}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|05|26|1919|03|21|df=y}}
| death_place = Canberra
| occupation = Public servant
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| nationality = Australian
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| spouse = Emilia Mira Campins (m. 1948)
| alma_mater = University of Sydney
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Alan Phillip Renouf OBE (21 March 1919 – 26 May 2008)Death notice, Sydney Morning Herald, 27 May 2008 was a prominent Australian government official during the 1970s.
Life and career
Renouf joined the Commonwealth Public Service in the Department of External Affairs in 1943, after serving in the army.{{cite news|date=26 August 1966|newspaper=The Canberra Times|title=The first envoy to Belgrade|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107889035|page=3}}
In 1960, Renouf was appointed the first Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, a position in which he remained until 1963.{{citation|title=CA 7832: Australian High Commission, Nigeria [Lagos]|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+7832|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150429102252/http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+7832|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 April 2015|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=15 April 2015}} Between 1963 and 1965, Renouf worked at the Australian embassy in Washington, D.C.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106933530|title=Diplomat's wife in search of elusive degree|page=18|date=1 September 1966|newspaper=The Canberra Times}} He and his wife returned to Canberra for less than a year before Renouf was named Australia's first Ambassador to Yugoslavia in August 1966, to begin his appointment in November.
From 1969 to 1973, Renouf was Australia's Ambassador to France.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107079781|page=7|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=21 February 1969|title=The Australian Ambassador in Paris...}} In 1969, he was named Australia's first Ambassador to Portugal, with the intent that he would continue to reside in Paris.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107088292|date=12 April 1969|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=3|title=Embassy in Portugal}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136946728|title=Embassy in Portugal|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=30 July 1969|page=3}} From 1974 to 1977, Renouf was the permanent head of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. During 1978 and 1979 he was the Australian Ambassador to the United States.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/straighttalker-in-diplomatic-ranks/2008/05/28/1211654116394.html?page=fullpage|title=Straight-talker in diplomatic ranks|last=Hogue|first=Cavan|date=29 May 2008|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|archivedate=24 March 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324084454/http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/straighttalker-in-diplomatic-ranks/2008/05/28/1211654116394.html?page=fullpage}}
Renouf wrote at least three books: The Frightened Country (1979), Let Justice Be Done. The Foreign Policy of Dr H.V. Evatt (1983) and Malcolm Fraser and Australian Foreign Policy (1986).
Honours
In 1965, Reonuf was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.{{Cite It's an Honour |ausawardid=1109812 |recipient=Mr Alan Philip RENOUF |award=The Order of the British Empire - Officer (Civil) (Imperial) |date=1 January 1965 |postnominal=OBE |citation=Minister in Washington, USA |access-date=23 October 2022 }}
References
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External links
- http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/gateways/archive/23/23.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071022152004/http://unimelb.edu.au/malcolmfraser/publications/bibliography.html
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Category:Ambassadors of Australia to the United States
Category:Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Permanent delegates of Australia to UNESCO
Category:Ambassadors of Australia to France
Category:Ambassadors of Australia to Portugal