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List of ambassadors of Australia to Egypt

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{{Infobox official post

| post = Ambassador of Australia to Egypt

| insignia = Coat of Arms of Australia.svg

| insigniasize = 120px

|department = Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

|reports_to = Minister for Foreign Affairs

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| alt =

| incumbent = Glenn Miles

| incumbentsince = November 2018

| residence = Cairo

| nominator = Prime Minister of Australia

| nominatorpost =

| style = His Excellency

| appointer = Governor-General of Australia

| termlength =

| formation = 1950

| inaugural = Claude Massey
(as Minister to Egypt)

| website = [http://egypt.embassy.gov.au/ Australian Embassy Egypt]

}}

The Ambassador of Australia to Egypt 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 Arab Republic of Egypt. The current ambassador, since November 2018, is Glenn Miles, who resides in Cairo. The Ambassador also holds non-resident accreditation as Ambassador to Eritrea, Syria and Sudan.{{citation|title=CA 4428: Australian Embassy, Arab Republic of Egypt [Cairo]|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+4428|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=11 January 2016}}

History

The first official Australian representative in Egypt was Cyril E. Hughes, who was appointed as trade commissioner in Cairo by the Lyons government in 1936 as part of its expansion of the trade commissioner scheme. He was also given responsibility for Cyprus, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, the Sudan, Syria and Turkey. Hughes performed a quasi-diplomatic role, sending briefings to the Department of External Affairs on Middle Eastern politics. His successor James Payne remained in the post throughout World War II.{{cite book|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/history-of-trade-commissioner-service.pdf|first=Boris|last=Schedvin|year=2008|title=Emissaries of Trade: A History of the Australian Trade Commissioner Service|publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|isbn=978 1 921244 57 5|pages=63-64}}

Australia opened its first embassy in the Arab world in Cairo, in 1950.{{cite speech|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/Pages/2010/kr_sp_101211.aspx?ministerid=2|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311084958/http://foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/Pages/2010/kr_sp_101211.aspx?ministerid=2|archivedate=11 March 2015|date=10 December 2010|first=Kevin|last=Rudd|author-link=Kevin Rudd|title=The 60th Anniversary of the Establishment of Australia-Egypt Diplomatic Relations|location=Cairo, Egypt}} There existed an embassy in Damascus, Syria from 1977 to 1999. Prior to 1977, accreditation for Syria was held by the embassies in Beirut, Lebanon (1973–1976) and Baghdad, Iraq (1976–1977).{{citation|title=CA 7163: Australian Embassy, Syria [Damascus]|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+7163|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=25 January 2016}} In 1991, with its independence, accreditation for Eritrea was held by the High Commission in Nairobi, until it was transferred to the embassy in Cairo in 2006.

After the Australian Government closed its post in Syrian embassy in 1999, the Ambassador to Egypt was named responsible for representing Australian interests in Syria.

List of heads of mission

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! Ordinal !! Officeholder !! Title !! Other offices !! Term start date !! Term end date !! Time in office !! Notes

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| {{sortname|Claude|Massey}}

| rowspan=3 | Minister to Egypt

|

| align=center| {{start date|1950

|df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1953

df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|1950

|1953|
} years

| {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27576665|title=Two Middle East Ministers|date=29 October 1949|page=2|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18151267|title=Mr. Massey on way to Egypt|date=9 March 1950|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}

|-

| align=center| {{nts|2}}

|{{sortname|Hugh|McClure Smith}}

|

| align=center| {{start date|1953|||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1953||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|1953|||1955||}} years

| {{citation|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mcclure-smith-hugh-alexander-10914|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311073605/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mcclure-smith-hugh-alexander-10914|archivedate=11 March 2015|title=McClure Smith, Hugh Alexander (1902–1961)|first=Jenny|last=Newell|publisher=Australian National University}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134039216|date=16 February 1953|page=10|newspaper=Illawarra Daily Mercury|title=Minister to Egypt}}

|-

| align=center| {{nts|3}}

| {{sortname|Roden|Cutler}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|sep=,|VC|CBE}}

|

| align=center| {{start date|1955|||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1957||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|1955|||1957||}} years

| {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79250510|title=Cutler V.C. for Egypt|date=16 June 1955|page=16|newspaper=The Central Queensland Herald|location=Rockhampton, Queensland}}

|-

! colspan=8 style="background: #cccccc;" | Post withdrawn 9 September 1956

|-

| rowspan=2 align=center| {{nts|4}}

| rowspan=2| {{sortname|John|Quinn|John Quinn (diplomat)|Quinn, John}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OBE}}

| Minister to Cairo

|

| align=center| {{start date|1960|11||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1961|04||df=y}}

| rowspan=2 align=right| {{age in years and months|1960|11|01|1961|11|01}}

| rowspan=2 | {{cite AuDB |id=quinn-john-paul-11472 |title=Quinn, John Paul (1919–1961) |year=2002 |volume=16 |first=Mike|last=Fogarty |accessdate=24 October 2022 }}

|-

| rowspan=4 | Ambassador to the United Arab Republic

|

| align=center| {{start date|1961|4||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1961|11||df=y}}

|-

| align=center| {{nts|5}}

| {{sortname|Francis Hamilton|Stuart}}

|

| align=center| {{start date|1961|11||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1966|03||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years and months|1961|11|01|1966|03|01}}

| {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105897985|title=New Ambassador|date=4 November 1961|page=29|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}

|-

| align=center| {{nts|6}}

| L. J. Lawrey

|

| align=center| {{start date|1966|03||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1969|01||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years and months|1966|03|01|1969|01|01}}

| {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105893598|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=9|date=25 March 1966|title=Lawrey new ambassador to UAR}}

|-

| rowspan=2 align=center| {{nts|7}}

| rowspan=2 | {{sortname|Brian Clarence|Hill|Brian Hill (diplomat)|Hill, Brian}}

|

| align=center| {{start date|1969|01||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1971|||df=y}}

| rowspan=2 align=right| {{age in years|1969|||1972||}} years

| rowspan=2 | {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136961974|title=Ambassador appointed|date=19 December 1968|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=3}}

|-

| rowspan=17 | Ambassador of Australia to Egypt

|

| align=center| {{start date|1971|||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1972|||df=y}}

|-

| align=center| {{nts|8}}

| Keith Douglas Scott

|

| align=center| {{start date|1972|06||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1975|01||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years and months|1972|06|01|1975|01|01}}

| {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102026024|title=Foreign Affairs changes|date=12 June 1972|page=8|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}

|-

| align=center| {{nts|9}}

| Robin Ashwin

|

| align=center| {{start date|1975|||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1978||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|1975|||1978||}} years

| {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110790374|title=Ambassador|date=30 November 1974|page=3|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}

|-

| align=center| {{nts|10}}

| {{sortname|Pierre|Hutton}}

|

| align=center| {{start date|1978|||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1981||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|1978|||1981||}} years

| {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110901536|title=Ambassador|date=8 August 1978|page=3|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}

|-

| align=center| {{nts|11}}

| Frank Murray

|

| align=center| {{start date|1981|||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1984||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|1981|||1984||}} years

| {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125636919|title=Two ambassadors appointed|date=27 May 1981|page=3|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}

|-

| align=center| {{nts|12}}

| Kenneth Rodgers

|

| align=center| {{start date|1984|||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1987||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|1984|||1987||}} years

| {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127212196|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=3|title=Ambassador to Egypt named|date=5 July 1984}}

|-

| align=center| {{nts|13}}

| Ian Hutcheons

|

| align=center| {{start date|1987|||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1990||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|1987|||1990||}} years

| {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118296635|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=3|title=Diplomatic postings announced|date=8 June 1987}}

|-

| align=center| {{nts|14}}

| John Crighton

|

| align=center| {{start date|1990|||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1993||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|1990|||1993||}} years

|

|-

| align=center| {{nts|15}}

| Colin McDonald

|

| align=center| {{start date|1993|||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1998||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|1993|||1998||}} years

|

|-

| align=center| {{nts|16}}

| Michael Smith

|

| align=center| {{start date|1995|||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1998||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|1995|||1998||}} years

|

|-

| align=center| {{nts|17}}

| {{sortname|Victoria|Owen}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|PSM}}

| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|B|B}}

| align=center| {{start date|1998|||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|2002||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|1998|||2002||}} years

| {{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa009_98.html|publisher=Australian Government|date=2 February 1998|title=Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Egypt|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140212025436/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa009_98.html|archivedate=12 February 2014}}

|-

| align=center| {{nts|18}}

| Robert Newton

| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|B|B}}

| align=center| {{start date|2002|||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|2005||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|2002|||2005||}} years

| {{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2001/fa149_01.html|publisher=Australian Government|date=27 September 2001|title=Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Egypt|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140212022033/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2001/fa149_01.html|archivedate=12 February 2014}}

|-

| align=center| {{nts|19}}

| Bob Bowker

| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|B|B}}{{ref|C|C}}

| align=center| {{start date|2005|||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|2008||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|2005|||2008||}} years

| {{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2004/fa142_04.html|publisher=Australian Government|date=15 October 2004|title=Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Egypt|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140212013047/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2004/fa142_04.html|archivedate=12 February 2014}}

|-

| align=center| {{nts|20}}

| {{sortname|Stephanie|Shwabsky}}

| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|B|B}}{{ref|C|C}}

| align=center| {{start date|2008|||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|2012||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|2008|||2012||}} years

|

|-

| align=center| {{nts|21}}

| Ralph King

| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|B|B}}{{ref|C|C}}

| align=center| {{start date|2012|||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|2015||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|2012|||2015||}} years

| {{cite press release|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2011/kr_mr_111213.aspx?ministerid=2|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311081148/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2011/kr_mr_111213.aspx?ministerid=2|archivedate=11 March 2015|title=Diplomatic appointment - Ambassador to Egypt|first=Kevin|last=Rudd|author-link=Kevin Rudd|publisher=Australian Government|date=13 December 2011}}

|-

| align=center| {{nts|22}}

| Neil Hawkins

| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|B|B}}{{ref|C|C}}

| align=center| {{start date|2015|||df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|2018||df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|2015|||2018||}} years

| {{cite press release|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2015/jb_mr_150306.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311081325/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2015/jb_mr_150306.aspx|archivedate=11 March 2015|title=Ambassador to Egypt|first=Julie|last=Bishop|author-link=Julie Bishop|publisher=Australian Government|date=6 March 2015}}

|-

| align=center| {{nts|23}}

| Glenn Miles

| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|B|B}}{{ref|C|C}}

| align=center| {{start date|2018|11||df=y}}

| align=center| incumbent

| align=right | {{age in years and months|2018|11|01}}

| {{Cite web|date=2018-08-30|title=Ambassador to Egypt|url=https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/ambassador-egypt|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119020545/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/ambassador-egypt|archive-date=2021-01-19|access-date=2021-03-07|website=Minister for Foreign Affairs}}{{cite web |author=Payne, Marise |author-link=Marise Payne |url=https://parlwork.aph.gov.au/api/senate/questions/59573/Attachments/4145bac3-0dcf-4715-b5e0-28280bdbb01b/0 |title=Alex Gallacher: Australian Ambassador inquiry |work=Hansard: Australian Senate |publisher=Parliament of Australia |date=2019 |accessdate=25 October 2022 }}

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=Notes=

:{{note|A|A}} Also non-resident Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic, since 1999.

:{{note|B|B}} Also non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of the Sudan, since 1999.

:{{note|C|C}} Also non-resident Ambassador to the State of Eritrea, since 2006.

References

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External links

  • [http://egypt.embassy.gov.au/ Australian Embassy Egypt]

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