List of High Commissioners of Australia to Pakistan
The Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan is the Australian Government’s foremost diplomatic representative in Pakistan.
High Commissioner to Pakistan | |
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Incumbent Margaret Adamson since 2015 | |
Style | Her Excellency |
Residence | Islamabad |
Inaugural holder | John Oldham |
Formation | 1949 |
The High Commission was first established in Karachi in 1948, with Australia's first High Commissioner to Pakistan appointed in 1949.[1] When the Pakistani Government moved its capital from Karachi to Islamabad in 1966, the Australian High Commission also moved.[2]
Between 1972 and 1989 when Pakistan was not a part of the British Commonwealth, the Australian Government head of mission was called the Australian Ambassador to Pakistan.
List of heads of mission
High Commissioners to Pakistan
- John Oldham (1949–1952)[3][4]
- Leslie Beavis (1952–1954)[5]
- Walter Cawthorn (1954–1958)[6]
- Roden Cutler (1958–1961)
- Charles Kevin (1961–1962)[7]
- David McNicol (1962–1966)[8]
- Bill Cutts (1966–1969)[9]
- Lew Border (1969–1971)[10]
- Francis Hamilton Stuart (1972)[11]
Ambassadors to Pakistan
- Francis Hamilton Stuart (1972–1973)[12]
- Arthur Morris (1974–1976)[13]
- John Petherbridge (1977–1980)
- Walter Handmer (1981–1984)
- I.G. Bowden (1985–1987)
- Geoffrey Price (1988–1989)
High Commissioners to Pakistan
- Geoffrey Price (1989–1990)[14]
- Ted Pocock (1991–1992)
- P.M. Knight (1993–1996)
- Geoffrey Allen (1996–2000)[15]
- Howard Brown (2000–2004)[16]
- Zorica McCarthy (2004–2009)[17]
- Tim George (2009–2012)[18]
- Peter Heyward (2012–2015)[19]
- Margaret Adamson (2015-2019)[20]
- Dr Geoffrey Shaw (2019+)[21]
References
- CA 6804: Australian High Commission, Pakistan [Karachi], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 15 April 2015
- CA 8219: Australian High Commission, Pakistan [Islamabad], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 15 April 2015
- "First High Commissioner to Pakistan". The West Australian. 26 April 1949. p. 10.
- "Mr. John Oldham to return". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 February 1952. p. 2.
- "High Commissioner to Pakistan". The Canberra Times. 29 February 1952. p. 4.
- "Envoy to Pakistan". The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. 31 March 1954. p. 6.
- "Envoy to Pakistan". The Canberra Times. 28 September 1961. p. 9.
- "New Commissioner". The Canberra Times. 6 September 1962. p. 1.
- "Diplomats appointed". The Canberra Times. 3 December 1965. p. 8.
- "New envoy appointed". The Canberra Times. ACT. 6 June 1968. p. 5.
- "Diplomats posted". The Canberra Times. 29 May 1970. p. 7.
- CA 8220: Australian Embassy, Pakistan [Islamabad], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 15 April 2015
- "Enovy change". The Canberra Times. 1 May 1973. p. 3.
- CA 8221: Australian High Commission, Pakistan [Islamabad] [II], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 15 April 2015
- Downer, Alexander (11 February 2000). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Pakistan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- Downer, Alexander (11 February 2000). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Pakistan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- Downer, Alexander (16 July 2004). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Pakistan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- Smith, Stephen (24 April 2009). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Pakistan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014.
- Carr, Bob (7 April 2012). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Pakistan" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014.
- "High Commissioner to Pakistan". Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia). 23 June 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- "High Commissioner to Pakistan". Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia). 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
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