Roy Fernandez

{{Short description|Australian public servant and diplomat (1928–2014)}}

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| birth_name = Roy Robert Fernandez

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| birth_place = Melbourne, Australia

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• {{marriage|Nan Passmore|1952|November 1988|end=died}}
• {{marriage|Janette Parkinson|June 2000}}

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Roy Robert Fernandez {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (28 January 1928{{spaced endash}}2 May 2014) was an Australian public servant and diplomat.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/diplomat-roy-fernandez-served-as-ambassador-and-spearheaded-nuclear-policy-20140704-zsvnr.html|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|first=David|last=Anderson|title=Diplomat Roy Fernandez served as ambassador and spearheaded nuclear policy|date=5 July 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208110238/http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/diplomat-roy-fernandez-served-as-ambassador-and-spearheaded-nuclear-policy-20140704-zsvnr.html|archivedate=8 February 2016}}

Fernandez was born on 12 January 1928 in Melbourne, Victoria.

In January 1970, Fernandez was appointed Ambassador to Yugoslavia.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131683676|title=Diplomatic posts announced|date=23 January 1970|page=7|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=ACT}} Then Minister for External Affairs William McMahon announced in March 1970 that Fernandez would also be accredited to Romania during his posting to Belgrade.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107914089|title=Rumanian post|date=16 March 1970|page=7|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=ACT}}

In 1971, Fernandez was appointed Minister in the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110669343|title=Ambassador|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=ACT|date=24 July 1971|page=9}} Staff at the post numbered around 350.

In March 1980 Fernandez was appointed Ambassador to Belgium.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110586010|title=Ambassadors|date=28 March 1980|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=ACT|page=3}}

Fernandez took up an appointment as Ambassador to the Philippines in November 1982.{{citation|title=CA 6925: Australian Embassy, Philippines [Manila]|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+6925|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=18 April 2015}} In the Philippines, Fernandez was outspoken about the bad state of the country's economy.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127540157|title=Philippines needs help, envoy says|date=25 November 1985|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=ACT|page=12}}