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The Ambassador of Australia to Brazil 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 Federative Republic of Brazil. The current Ambassador since November 2018 is Tim Kane, who resides in Brasilia.[1]
Ambassador of Australia to Brazil | |
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Incumbent since November 2018Tim Kane | |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
Style | His Excellency |
Reports to | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Residence | Brasilia |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Australia |
Appointer | Governor-General of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Lewis Macgregor (as Minister to Brazil) |
Formation | 1945 |
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Ordinal | Officeholder | Title | Term start date | Term end date | Time in office | Notes |
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1 | Lewis Macgregor | Minister to Brazil | 1945 | 1948 | 2–3 years | |
n/a | Torrence Doig | Chargé d'affaires | 1948 | 1950 | 1–2 years | |
2 | Peter Heydon | Minister to Brazil | 1951 | 1953 | 1–2 years | |
n/a | John Ryan | Chargé d'affaires | 1953 | 1954 | 0–1 years | |
3 | Cedric Kellway | Ambassador of Australia to Brazil | 1954 | 1959 | 4–5 years | |
4 | Donald Mackinnon | 1959 | 1960 | 0–1 years | ||
5 | Stewart Wolfe Jamieson | 1960 | 1962 | 1–2 years | ||
5 | Owen Davis | 1962 | 1964 | 1–2 years | ||
n/a | Rodney Hodgson | Chargé d'affaires | 1964 | 1965 | 0–1 years | |
6 | John McMillan | Ambassador of Australia to Brazil | 1965 | 1971 | 5–6 years | |
7 | Frederick Homer | 1971 | 1974 | 2–3 years | ||
8 | John Kelso | 1974 | 1978 | 3–4 years | ||
9 | Rudolph Schneemann | 1978 | 1981 | 2–3 years | ||
10 | Bruce Woodberry | 1981 | 1985 | 3–4 years | ||
11 | Warwick Weemaes | 1985 | 1988 | 2–3 years | [2] | |
12 | Warwick Pearson | 1988 | 1992 | 3–4 years | ||
13 | Alan Thomas | 1992 | 1995 | 2–3 years | ||
14 | Charles Mott | 1995 | 1998 | 2–3 years | [3] | |
15 | Garry Conroy | 1998 | 2002 | 3–4 years | [4] | |
16 | John Sullivan | 2002 | 2005 | 2–3 years | [5] | |
17 | Peter Heyward | 2005 | 2008 | 2–3 years | [6] | |
18 | Neil Mules | 2008 | 2011 | 2–3 years | [7] | |
19 | Brett Hackett | 2011 | February 2014 | 2–3 years | [8] | |
20 | Patrick Lawless | February 2014 | February 2016 | 2 years | [9] | |
21 | John Richardson | February 2016 | September 2018 | 2 years, 7 months | [10] | |
22 | Tim Kane | November 2018 | incumbent | 5 years, 9 months | [11][12] |
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