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The ambassador of Australia to Iran 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 Islamic Republic of Iran.[1]
Ambassador of Australia to Iran | |
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Incumbent since 6 October 2019Lyndall Sachs | |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
Style | Her Excellency |
Reports to | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Residence | Tehran |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Australia |
Appointer | Governor General of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Barry Hall |
Formation | 1968 |
The current ambassador, since October 2019, is Lyndall Sachs.
Ordinal | Officeholder | Title | Term start date | Term end date | Time in office | Notes |
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1 | Barry Hall | Ambassador of Australia to the Imperial State of Iran |
1968 | 1972 | 3–4 years | [2] |
2 | Henry Douglas White | 1972 | 1972 | 0 years | ||
3 | Ivor Gordon Bowden | Ambassador of Australia to the Imperial State of Iran |
1974 | 1978 | 3–4 years | |
4 | Marshall Johnston | 1978 | 1979 | 0–1 years | ||
n/a | Kevin J. Boreham | Charge d’Affaires ad interim | 1979 | 1982 | 2–3 years | |
n/a | William N. Fisher | 1982 | 1983 | 0–1 years | ||
n/a | John Dauth | 1983 | 1985 | 1–2 years | ||
5 | John Lander | Ambassador of Australia to the Islamic Republic of Iran |
1985 | 1987 | 1–2 years | |
6 | Michael Landale | 1987 | 1990 | 2–3 years | ||
7 | John Oliver | 1990 | 1993 | 2–3 years | ||
8 | Nick Warner | 1994 | 1997 | 2–3 years | ||
9 | Stuart Hume | 1997 | 2001 | 3–4 years | ||
10 | Jeremy Roger Newman | 2001 | 2005 | 3–4 years | [3] | |
11 | Greg Moriarty | 2005 | 2008 | 2–3 years | [4] | |
12 | Marc Innes-Brown | 2008 | 2013 | 4–5 years | [5] | |
13 | Paul Foley | 2013 | 2016 | 2–3 years | [6] | |
14 | Ian Biggs | July 2016 | 2019 | 2–3 years | [7] | |
15 | Lyndall Sachs | 6 October 2019 | incumbent | 4 years, 329 days | [8][9] |
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