Permanent Representative of Australia to the International Civil Aviation Organization

The Permanent Representative of Australia to the International Civil Aviation Organization is an officer of the Australian Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development and the head of the delegation of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal, Canada. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is but one of Australia's representatives to the United Nations and its other constituent agencies. The Australian nominee to the Air Navigation Commission, a body that works towards the uniformity in regulations, standards and procedures which will facilitate and improve air navigation to international standards, acts as the deputy to the Permanent Representative.

Permanent Representative of Australia to the International Civil Aviation Organization
Incumbent
Samuel Lucas
since 2016
StyleHis Excellency
NominatorPrime Minister of Australia
AppointerGovernor General of Australia
Inaugural holderArthur Rowland McComb
Formation6 June 1945
WebsiteDepartment of Infrastructure and Regional Development - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

The current permanent representative is Samuel Lucas since October 2016. Mr Lucas is the first open LGBTQ person on the ICAO council in its history; his husband, Mr Darren Trerice, is accompanying him on the posting. Australia has been a member of ICAO since its establishment, with the permanent mission based in Montreal, now at 999 Robert-Bourassa Boulevard. Australia sent a delegation to the 1944 Chicago Conference, and became a party of the Convention on International Civil Aviation which was resolved at its end on 7 December 1944. Australian first sent a permanent representative to serve on the Council of the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization (PICAO) which began operating on 6 June 1945 and was replaced by ICAO on 7 April 1947.[1]

Permanent Representatives
NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
A. R. McComb (Council Member)19451947[2]
Dr Bill Bradfield19471952[2]
Jim Stone19521956[2]
David Medley19581962[2]
Jim Stone19651968[2]
Dr Bill Bradfield19681972[2]
Byron Lewis19721975[2]
Reg Gross19751981[2]
George Birch19811984[2]
Jack Sansom19841988[2]
Bruce Weedon
Jim Webber
Simon Clegg20032008[3]
Peter Evans20082010[4]
Kerryn MacaulayNovember 20102016[5]
Samuel Lucas2016present

See also

References
  1. "CA 3472 - Australian Representative on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization". Agency Detail. National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  2. Meyer, Roger; Huggins, Vicki. "Australia's Contribution to ICAO". The Airways Museum. The Airways Museum and Civil Aviation Historical Society. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  3. "Mr. SIMON CLEGG BEc; BCom; LLB; GDLP; Dip Lang (Spanish); Barrister & Solicitor (New Zealand & Australia)". School of Management and Public Administration. University of the South Pacific. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  4. "Mr. Peter Evans - Representative of Australia on the Council of ICAO Australia" (PDF). icao.int. International Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  5. "Ms KERRYN MACAULAY - Australian Representative on the Council of ICAO" (PDF). ICAO.int. International Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
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