Barry Hall (diplomat)

{{Short description|Australian public servant and diplomat}}

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| birth_name = Francis Barrington Hall

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|02|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Panton Hill, Victoria

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|11|14|1921|02|12|df=y}}

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| occupation = Public servant, diplomat

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| nationality = Australian

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Francis Barrington "Barry" Hall (12 February 1921{{spaced endash}}14 November 2013) was an Australian public servant and diplomat.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/barry-hall-pioneer-of-australian-diplomatic-corps-20131230-302we.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103154917/http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/barry-hall-pioneer-of-australian-diplomatic-corps-20131230-302we.html|archivedate=3 January 2014|title=Barry Hall: Pioneer of Australian diplomatic corps|date=31 December 2013|first=Michael|last=Fogarty|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media}}

Hall was the first Australian Ambassador to Iran when the Australian Government opened an embassy in Tehran in September 1968.{{citation|url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/library/prspub/2429219/upload_binary/2429219.pdf|title=It’s complicated: a timeline of Australia–Iran relations in a historical perspective|date=9 May 2013|first=Nina|last=Markovic|publisher=Parliament of Australia}}

Between 1980 and 1984, Hall was Australian Ambassador to Turkey.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125619071|title=Turkish posting|date=30 August 1980|page=7|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}