List of ambassadors of Australia to Mongolia

The Australian Ambassador to Mongolia is the Australian Government's foremost diplomatic representative in Mongolia. The Ambassador is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to Mongolia. The Ambassador resides in Ulaanbaatar.[1] In 2008, Australia moved its diplomatic accreditation to Mongolia from Beijing to Seoul.[2] Australia's first resident Ambassador to Mongolia, John Langtry, was appointed in December 2015.[1] Australia appointed an Honorary Consul in Ulaanbaatar in 2007, and in 2011 an office of Austrade opened in Ulaanbaatar.[3] That office was upgraded to an Australian Consulate-General which opened on 30 March 2012.[4]

Ambassador of Australia to Mongolia
Incumbent
John Langtry
since December 2015
StyleHis Excellency
NominatorPrime Minister of Australia
AppointerGovernor General of Australia
Inaugural holderLawrence John Lawrey (resident in Moscow)
Formation5 June 1962

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors resident in Moscow, Soviet Union
NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
Lawrence John Lawrey12 June 1972April 1974[5]
James Plimsoll23 April 19744 August 1977[6]
Murray Bourchier4 August 1977August 1980
David Wyke Evans1 March 1981March 1984[7]
Ted Pocock21 March 1984September 1987
Robin Ashwin28 September 1987May 1991[8]
Cavan Hogue29 May 199126 December 1991[9]

Ambassadors resident in Beijing, China
NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
Michael Lightowler19911996[10]
Ric Smith19962000[11]
David Irvine20002003[12]
Alan Thomas20032007[13]
Geoff Raby2007August 2008[14]

Ambassadors resident in Seoul, South Korea
NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
Peter Brock RoweAugust 2008February 2009
Sam GerovichMarch 200916 March 2013[15]
Bill Paterson16 March 2013December 2015[16][17]

Consul-General and Trade Commissioners
NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
Jargalant Elbegsaikhan (Honorary Consul)June 2007April 2011
David LawsonApril 2011February 2013
Tony BurchillFebruary 2013May 2015
Brendan CoyneMay 2015December 2015

Resident Ambassadors
NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
John LangtryDecember 2015present[1][18]

See also

References
  1. Bishop, Julie (22 December 2015). "New Embassy and appointment of Ambassador to Mongolia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016.
  2. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mongolia country brief, Australian Government, archived from the original on 14 August 2015
  3. Downer, Alexander (4 April 2007). "Australia Mongolia Bilateral Relations Strengthened" (Press release). Australian Government.
  4. "Mongolia country brief - Australia-Mongolia Relations". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  5. "Our man in Moscow returns". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 26 November 1971. p. 7. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  6. "Ambassador". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 17 April 1974. p. 5. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  7. "USSR welcomes new ambassador". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 14 January 1981. p. 3. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  8. "Hayden names 7 envoys". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 25 August 1987. p. 3. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  9. "IN BRIEF". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 23 April 1991. p. 10. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  10. "Ambassador for China named". The Canberra Times. 18 April 1991. p. 4.
  11. "New ambassador". The Canberra Times. ACT. 24 November 1995. p. 5.
  12. Downer, Alexander (8 November 1999). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to China" (Press release). Australian Government.
  13. Downer, Alexander (17 December 2002). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to China" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012.
  14. Downer, Alexander (23 November 2006). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to China" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  15. Smith, Stephen (18 November 2008). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Republic of Korea" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015.
  16. Carr, Bob (15 March 2013). "Ambassador to the Republic of Korea" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016.
  17. "Ambassador to Korea (Republic of) - Mr Bill Paterson PSM". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  18. Australian Embassy Mongolia (22 December 2015), Embassy Establishment, Australian Government, archived from the original on 10 January 2016
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