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The ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands 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 Kingdom of the Netherlands. The ambassador resides in The Hague.[1] The current ambassador, since April 2023, is Greg French.
Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | |
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Incumbent since April 2023Greg French | |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
Style | His Excellency |
Reports to | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Residence | The Hague |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Australia |
Appointer | Governor General of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Stanley Bruce (as Minister) |
Formation | 1942 |
Ordinal | Officeholder | Title | Term start date | Term end date | Time in office | Notes |
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1 | Stanley Bruce CH | Minister to the Netherlands[note a] | 1942 | 1945 | 2–3 years | [2] |
(n/a) | John Hood | Chargé d'affaires | 1945 | 1946 | 0–1 years | [3] |
2 | Keith Officer OBE, MC | Minister to the Netherlands | 1946 | 1948 | 1–2 years | [4][5] |
(n/a) | John Quinn | Chargé d'affaires | 1948 | 1950 | 1–2 years | |
(n/a) | Peter Heydon | 1950 | 1950 | 0 years | ||
3 | Alfred Stirling CBE | Ambassador of Australia to the Netherlands | 1950 | 1955 | 4–5 years | [6] |
4 | Hugh McClure Smith | 1955 | 1958 | 2–3 years | [7] | |
5 | Sir Edwin McCarthy CBE | 1958 | 1962 | 3–4 years | [8] | |
6 | Walter Crocker CBE | 1962 | 1965 | 2–3 years | [9] | |
7 | Sir Roden Cutler VC, KCMG, CBE | 1965 | 1966 | 0–1 years | [10] | |
8 | Colin Moodie | 1966 | 1970 | 3–4 years | [11] | |
9 | Lloyd Thomson | 1970 | 1974 | 3–4 years | [12] | |
10 | Frederick Blakeney CBE | 1974 | 1977 | 2–3 years | [13] | |
11 | David Fairbairn KBE, DFC | 1977 | 1980 | 2–3 years | [14] | |
12 | James Cumes | 1980 | 1984 | 3–4 years | [15] | |
13 | Geoffrey Price | 1984 | 1987 | 2–3 years | [16] | |
14 | Don Grimes | 1987 | 1991 | 3–4 years | [17][18] | |
15 | Warwick Weemaes | 1991 | 1993 | 1–2 years | ||
16 | Michael Tate[note b] | 1993 | 1996 | 2–3 years | [19] | |
17 | Ted Delofski | 1997 | 2001 | 3–4 years | [20] | |
18 | Peter Hussin | 2001 | 2004 | 2–3 years | [21] | |
19 | Stephen Brady | 2004 | 2008 | 3–4 years | [22] | |
20 | Lydia Morton | 2008 | 2011 | 2–3 year | [23] | |
21 | Neil Mules | 2011 | 2015 | 3–4 years | [24] | |
22 | Brett Mason | 21 April 2015 | August 2018 | 3 years, 3 months | [25] | |
23 | Matthew Neuhaus | August 2018 | April 2023 | 4 years, 8 months | [26] | |
24 | Dr Greg French | April 2023 | incumbent | 1 year, 5 months | [27] |
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