Geoff Miller (diplomat)
{{Short description|Australian public servant and diplomat}}
{{About-distinguish|Geoff Miller the former head of the Office of National Assessments|Geoff Miller (public servant)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Geoff Miller
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|AO}}
| office1 = Director-General of the Office of National Assessments
| term_start1 = 1989
| term_end1 = 1995
| birth_name = Walter Geoffrey Thomas Miller
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Queenstown, Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = Rachel Miller
| children = 4
| education = Corpus Christi College, Oxford
}}
Walter Geoffrey Thomas Miller {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} is a former senior Australian public servant and diplomat, best known for heading the Office of National Assessments between 1989 and 1995.
Life and career
Miller was the Tasmanian Rhodes scholar in 1956, and went on to graduate from the University of Oxford.{{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1995/m122.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212032322/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1995/m122.html|archivedate=12 February 2014|date=26 September 1995|first=Gareth|last=Evans|author-link=Gareth Evans (politician)|title=DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT: High Commissioner to New Zealand}}
In 1989 Miller was appointed head of the Australian Government's intelligence assessment agency, the Office of National Assessments.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120906643|title=Ambassador to head ONA|page=3|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=26 January 1989}} His tenure at the office, between 1989 and 1995, coincided with the first Gulf War, the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars; and he oversaw intelligence assessment analysts working on developments in these regions as well developments relating to Australia's commitment to United Nations peacekeeping.{{citation|url=http://www.ona.gov.au/history/office-of-national-assessments.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528163327/http://ona.gov.au/history/office-of-national-assessments.html|archivedate=28 May 2014|title=History of the Office of National Assessments - ONA|publisher=Australian Government}}
In 1995, Miller was appointed Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand, to commence in January 1996.
Miller retired from his diplomatic and Australian Public Service career in 2000.{{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1999/fa118_99.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212023930/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1999/fa118_99.html|archivedate=12 February 2014|title=Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to New Zealand|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer|date=25 October 1999}}
Awards
In January 1993, Miller was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for public service and service to international relations.{{citation|title=Search Australian Honours: MILLER, Walter Geoffrey Thomas|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/885246|publisher=Australian Government|work=itsanhonour.gov.au|archivedate=13 January 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113101152/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=885246&search_type=quick&showInd=true}}
References
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{{s-bef|before=Michael Cook}}
{{s-ttl|title=Director-General of the Office of National Assessments|years=1989–1995}}
{{s-aft|after=Philip Flood}}
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{{s-bef|before=Donald Jame Horne}}
{{s-ttl|title=Australian Ambassador to the Republic of Korea|years=1978–1980}}
{{s-aft|after=Ted Pocock}}
{{s-bef|before=Neil Currie}}
{{s-ttl|title=Australian Ambassador to Japan|years=1986–1989}}
{{s-aft|after=Rawdon Dalrymple}}
{{s-bef|before=Ray Greet}}
{{s-ttl|title=Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand|years=1996–2000}}
{{s-aft|after=Bob Cotton}}
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Category:Officers of the Order of Australia
Category:Australian Rhodes Scholars
Category:High commissioners of Australia to New Zealand
Category:Ambassadors of Australia to Japan
Category:Ambassadors of Australia to South Korea
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:High commissioners of Australia to the Cook Islands
Category:Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Category:People from Queenstown, Tasmania
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