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| post = Ambassador of Australia to<br/>Saudi Arabia |
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|incumbent = Ridwaan Jadwat |
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| incumbent = Mark Donovan |
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|incumbentsince = 25 May 2018 |
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| residence = [[Riyadh]] |
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| nominator = [[Prime Minister of Australia]] |
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|style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]] |
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| style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]] |
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| appointer = [[Governor General of Australia]] |
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|formation = 1974 |
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| formation = 1974 |
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|inaugural = [[Ian Haig]] |
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The '''Ambassador of Australia to Saudi Arabia''' is an officer of the [[Australia]]n [[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade]] and the head of the Embassy of the [[Australia|Commonwealth of Australia]] to the [[Saudi Arabia|Kingdom of Saudi Arabia]]. The ambassador resides in [[Riyadh]] and also holds [[Dual accreditation|non-resident accreditation]] for [[Bahrain]], [[Oman]] and [[Yemen]]. Australia appointed its first ambassador to Saudi Arabia in 1974.<ref name=HaigAppoint>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110760617|title=Ambassador|date=9 February 1974|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=1}}</ref> |
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Initially the embassy was located in [[Jeddah]], and it was moved in 1984 to Riyadh, to comply with a Saudi Government policy directive. The Jeddah post remained open, as a Consulate-General.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AUYrBkIntLaw/1987/15.pdf |journal=Australian Year Book of International Law |page=457-458 |accessdate=4 February 2017 |title=X - Diplomatic and Consular Relations |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617141515/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AUYrBkIntLaw/1987/15.pdf |archivedate=17 June 2012 |date=1987 }}</ref> |
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The current ambassador, since October 2021, is Mark Donovan. |
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==List of heads of mission== |
==List of heads of mission== |
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{{list incomplete|date=December 2022}} |
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! Ordinal !! Officeholder !! Other offices !! Residency !! Term start date !! Term end date !! Time in office !! Notes |
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||[[Ian Haig]]||1974||1976||<ref name=HaigAppoint/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110655829|title=Envoy|date=30 August 1975|page=9|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/youngest-ambassador-had-a-deep-affinity-for-the-world-of-islam--and-cricket-20140328-35ond.html|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=29 March 2014|title=Youngest ambassador had a deep affinity for the world of Islam - and cricket|first=Bruce|last=Debelle|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305221254/http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/youngest-ambassador-had-a-deep-affinity-for-the-world-of-islam--and-cricket-20140328-35ond.html|archivedate=5 March 2015}}</ref> |
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| {{sortname|Ian|Haig}} |
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| rowspan=4 | [[Jeddah]], [[Saudi Arabia]] |
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| align=center| {{startdate|1974}} |
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| align=center| {{enddate|1976}} |
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| align=right | {{age in years|1974|1976}} years |
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| <ref name=HaigAppoint/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/youngest-ambassador-had-a-deep-affinity-for-the-world-of-islam--and-cricket-20140328-35ond.html|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=29 March 2014|title=Youngest ambassador had a deep affinity for the world of Islam - and cricket|first=Bruce|last=Debelle|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305221254/http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/youngest-ambassador-had-a-deep-affinity-for-the-world-of-islam--and-cricket-20140328-35ond.html|archivedate=5 March 2015}}</ref> |
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| align=center| {{nts|2}} |
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||Donald Kingsmill||1976||1979||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131822360|title=Ambassador named|date=11 June 1976|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=8}}</ref> |
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||Donald Kingsmill |
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| align=center| {{startdate|1976}} |
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| align=center| {{enddate|1979}} |
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| align=right | {{age in years|1976|1979}} years |
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| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131822360|title=Ambassador named|date=11 June 1976|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=8}}</ref> |
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| align=center| {{nts|3}} |
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||[[Douglas Sturkey]]||1979||1983|| |
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| {{sortname|Douglas|Sturkey}} |
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| align=center| {{startdate|1979}} |
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| align=center| {{enddate|1983}} |
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| align=right | {{age in years|1979|1983}} years |
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| rowspan=2 align=center| {{nts|4}} |
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||Alan Brown||1983||1988||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116395051|title=New Ambassador to Saudi Arabia|date=12 November 1983|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=3}}</ref> |
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| rowspan=2 | Alan Brown |
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| align=center| {{startdate|1983}} |
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| align=center| {{enddate|1984}} |
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| rowspan=2 align=right | '''{{age in years|1983|1988}} years''' |
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| rowspan=2 | <ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116395051|title=New Ambassador to Saudi Arabia|date=12 November 1983|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=3}}</ref> |
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||[[Alex McGoldrick]]||1988||1991||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101968579|title=Saudi Arabia ambassador announced|date=9 January 1988|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=3}}</ref> |
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| rowspan=13 | [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia |
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| align=center| {{startdate|1984}} |
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| align=center| {{enddate|1988}} |
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| align=center| {{nts|5}} |
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||Malcolm Leader||1991||1993||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122351149|title=New ambassador for Riyadh|date=23 March 1991|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=16}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2000/fa042.html|archivedate=12 February 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212023506/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2000/fa042.html|date=17 May 2000|publisher=Australian Government|title=Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Denmark|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer}}</ref> |
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| {{sortname|Alex|McGoldrick}} |
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| align=center| {{startdate|1988}} |
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| align=center| {{enddate|1991}} |
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| align=right | {{age in years|1988|1991}} years |
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| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101968579|title=Saudi Arabia ambassador announced|date=9 January 1988|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=3}}</ref> |
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| align=center| {{nts|6}} |
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||Warwick Weemaes||1993||1996||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127244073|title=Ambassador named|date=1 September 1993|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=6}}</ref> |
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| Malcolm Leader |
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| align=center| {{startdate|1991}} |
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| align=center| {{enddate|1993}} |
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| align=right | {{age in years|1991|1993}} years |
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| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122351149|title=New ambassador for Riyadh|date=23 March 1991|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=16}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2000/fa042.html|archivedate=12 February 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212023506/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2000/fa042.html|date=17 May 2000|publisher=Australian Government|title=Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Denmark|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer}}</ref> |
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| align=center| {{nts|7}} |
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||Philip Knight||1996||1998||<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1996/fa7.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212032207/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1996/fa7.html|archivedate=12 February 2014|title=Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador To Saudi Arabia|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer|publisher=Australian Government|date=22 March 1996}}</ref> |
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| Warwick Weemaes |
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| align=center| {{startdate|1993}} |
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| align=center| {{enddate|1996}} |
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| align=right | {{age in years|1993|1996}} years |
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| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127244073|title=Ambassador named|date=1 September 1993|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=6}}</ref> |
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| align=center| {{nts|8}} |
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||George Aitkin||1998||2000||<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa005_98.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212025447/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa005_98.html|archivedate=12 February 2014|title=Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Saudi Arabia|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer|publisher=Australian Government|date=23 January 1998}}</ref> |
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| Philip Knight |
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| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|B|B}}{{ref|C|C}}{{ref|D|D}} |
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| align=center| {{startdate|1996}} |
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| align=center| {{enddate|1998}} |
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| align=right | {{age in years|1996|1998}} years |
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| <ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1996/fa7.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212032207/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1996/fa7.html|archivedate=12 February 2014|title=Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador To Saudi Arabia|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer|publisher=Australian Government|date=22 March 1996}}</ref> |
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| align=center| {{nts|9}} |
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||Bob Tyson||2000||2005||<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2000/fa091_2000.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212023235/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2000/fa091_2000.html|archivedate=12 February 2014|title=Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Saudi Arabia|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer|publisher=Australian Government|date=18 August 2000}}</ref> |
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| George Aitkin |
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| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|B|B}}{{ref|C|C}}{{ref|D|D}} |
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| align=center| {{startdate|1998}} |
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| align=center| {{enddate|2000}} |
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| align=right | {{age in years|1998|2000}} years |
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| <ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa005_98.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212025447/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa005_98.html|archivedate=12 February 2014|title=Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Saudi Arabia|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer|publisher=Australian Government|date=23 January 1998}}</ref> |
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| align=center| {{nts|10}} |
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||Ian Biggs||2005||2008||<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2004/fa140_04.html|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140714121741/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2004/fa140_04.html |archivedate=14 July 2014 |date=14 October 2004|title=Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Saudi Arabia|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer|publisher=Australian Government}}</ref> |
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| Bob Tyson |
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| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|B|B}}{{ref|C|C}}{{ref|D|D}} |
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| align=center| {{startdate|2000|df=y}} |
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| align=center| {{enddate|2004|12|23|df=y}} |
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| align=right| {{age in years|2000|2004}} years |
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| <ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2000/fa091_2000.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212023235/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2000/fa091_2000.html|archivedate=12 February 2014|title=Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Saudi Arabia|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer|publisher=Australian Government|date=18 August 2000}}</ref> |
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| align=center| {{nts|11}} |
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||Kevin Magee||2008||2011||<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2007/fa-s004_07.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317080927/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2007/fa-s004_07.html|archivedate=17 March 2014|title=Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Saudi Arabia|first=Stephen|last=Smith|author-link=Stephen Smith (Australian politician)|publisher=Australian Government|date=21 December 2007}}</ref> |
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| Ian Biggs |
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| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|B|B}} |
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| align=center| {{startdate|2005}} |
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| align=center| {{enddate|2008}} |
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| align=right | {{age in years|2005|2008}} years |
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| <ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2004/fa140_04.html|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140714121741/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2004/fa140_04.html |archivedate=14 July 2014 |date=14 October 2004|title=Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Saudi Arabia|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer|publisher=Australian Government}}</ref> |
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| align=center| {{nts|12}} |
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||Neil Hawkins||2011||2015||<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2011/kr_mr_110714a.aspx?ministerid=2|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714135248/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2011/kr_mr_110714a.aspx?ministerid=2|archivedate=14 July 2014 |title=Diplomatic Appointment - Saudi Arabia|first=Kevin|last=Rudd|author-link=Kevin Rudd|publisher=Australian Government|date=14 July 2011}}</ref> |
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| Kevin Magee |
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| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|B|B}}{{ref|C|C}} |
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| align=center| {{startdate|2008}} |
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| align=center| {{enddate|2011}} |
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| align=right | {{age in years|2008|2011}} years |
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| <ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2007/fa-s004_07.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317080927/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2007/fa-s004_07.html|archivedate=17 March 2014|title=Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Saudi Arabia|first=Stephen|last=Smith|author-link=Stephen Smith (Australian politician)|publisher=Australian Government|date=21 December 2007}}</ref> |
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||Ralph King||2015||25 May 2018||<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2015/jb_mr_150316a.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403032102/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2015/jb_mr_150316a.aspx|archivedate=3 April 2015|title=Ambassador to Saudi Arabia|first=Julie|last=Bishop|author-link=Julie Bishop|publisher=Australian Government|date=16 March 2015}}</ref> |
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| Neil Hawkins |
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| align=center| {{startdate|2011}} |
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| align=center| {{enddate|2015}} |
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| align=right | {{age in years|2011|2015}} years |
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| <ref>{{cite press release|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2011/kr_mr_110714a.aspx?ministerid=2|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714135248/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2011/kr_mr_110714a.aspx?ministerid=2|archivedate=14 July 2014 |title=Diplomatic Appointment - Saudi Arabia|first=Kevin|last=Rudd|author-link=Kevin Rudd|publisher=Australian Government|date=14 July 2011}}</ref> |
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| align=center| {{nts|14}} |
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||Ridwaan Jadwat||25 May 2018||date||<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2018/jb_mr_180525.aspx?w=tb1CaGpkPX%2FlS0K%2Bg9ZKEg%3D%3D|title=Ambassador to Saudi Arabia|first=Julie|last=Bishop|publisher=Australian Government|date=25 May 2018|access-date=27 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320125742/https://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2018/jb_mr_180525.aspx?w=tb1CaGpkPX%2FlS0K%2Bg9ZKEg%3D%3D|archive-date=20 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| Ralph King |
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| align=center| {{startdate|2015}} |
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| align=center| {{enddate|2018|05|25|df=y}} |
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| align=right | {{age in years|2015|2018}} years |
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| <ref>{{cite press release|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2015/jb_mr_150316a.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403032102/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2015/jb_mr_150316a.aspx|archivedate=3 April 2015|title=Ambassador to Saudi Arabia|first=Julie|last=Bishop|author-link=Julie Bishop|publisher=Australian Government|date=16 March 2015}}</ref> |
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| Ridwaan Jadwat |
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| align=center| {{startdate|2018|05|25|df=y}} |
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| align=center| {{enddate|2021}} |
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| align=right | {{age in years|2018|2021}} years |
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| <ref>{{cite press release|url=https://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2018/jb_mr_180525.aspx?w=tb1CaGpkPX%2FlS0K%2Bg9ZKEg%3D%3D|title=Ambassador to Saudi Arabia|first=Julie|last=Bishop|publisher=Australian Government|date=25 May 2018|access-date=27 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320125742/https://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2018/jb_mr_180525.aspx?w=tb1CaGpkPX%2FlS0K%2Bg9ZKEg%3D%3D|archive-date=20 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| align=center| {{nts|16}} |
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| Mark Donovan |
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| align=center| {{startdate|2021|10|04|df=y}} |
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| align=right | {{age in years and days|2021|10|04}} |
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| <ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-25 |title=Ambassador to Saudi Arabia |url=https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/ambassador-saudi-arabia |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Minister for Foreign Affairs}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.spa.gov.sa/2292380 |title=Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Receives Credentials of a Number of Ambassadors of Brotherly and Friendly Countries |work=Saudi Press Agency |publisher= |agency= |date=4 October 2021 |access-date=14 December 2022 |language=English }}</ref> |
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=== Notes === |
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:{{note|A|A}}: Also served as [[Dual accreditation|non-resident]] ambassador of Australia to the [[Bahrain|Kingdom of Bahrain]], since 1996. |
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:{{note|B|B}}: Also served as non-resident ambassador of Australia to the [[Oman|Sultanate of Oman]], since 1996. |
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:{{note|C|C}}: Also served as non-resident ambassador of Australia to the [[Yemen|Republic of Yemen]], from 1998 to December 2007, and since March 2015. |
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:{{note|D|D}}: Also served as non-resident ambassador of Australia to the [[Kuwait|State of Kuwait]], from 1998 to December 2004. |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 13:45, 15 December 2022
Ambassador of Australia to Saudi Arabia | |
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Incumbent since 4 October 2021Mark Donovan | |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
Style | His Excellency |
Reports to | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Residence | Riyadh |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Australia |
Appointer | Governor General of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Ian Haig |
Formation | 1974 |
The Ambassador of Australia to Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia. The ambassador resides in Riyadh and also holds non-resident accreditation for Bahrain, Oman and Yemen. Australia appointed its first ambassador to Saudi Arabia in 1974.[1]
Initially the embassy was located in Jeddah, and it was moved in 1984 to Riyadh, to comply with a Saudi Government policy directive. The Jeddah post remained open, as a Consulate-General.[2]
The current ambassador, since October 2021, is Mark Donovan.
List of heads of mission
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Ordinal | Officeholder | Other offices | Residency | Term start date | Term end date | Time in office | Notes |
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1 | Ian Haig | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 1974 | 1976 | 1–2 years | [1][3] | |
2 | Donald Kingsmill | 1976 | 1979 | 2–3 years | [4] | ||
3 | Douglas Sturkey | 1979 | 1983 | 3–4 years | |||
4 | Alan Brown | 1983 | 1984 | 4–5 years | [5] | ||
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 1984 | 1988 | |||||
5 | Alex McGoldrick | 1988 | 1991 | 2–3 years | [6] | ||
6 | Malcolm Leader | 1991 | 1993 | 1–2 years | [7][8] | ||
7 | Warwick Weemaes | 1993 | 1996 | 2–3 years | [9] | ||
8 | Philip Knight | ABCD | 1996 | 1998 | 1–2 years | [10] | |
9 | George Aitkin | ABCD | 1998 | 2000 | 1–2 years | [11] | |
10 | Bob Tyson | ABCD | 2000 | 23 December 2004 | 3–4 years | [12] | |
11 | Ian Biggs | AB | 2005 | 2008 | 2–3 years | [13] | |
12 | Kevin Magee | ABC | 2008 | 2011 | 2–3 years | [14] | |
13 | Neil Hawkins | AB | 2011 | 2015 | 3–4 years | [15] | |
14 | Ralph King | ABC | 2015 | 25 May 2018 | 2–3 years | [16] | |
15 | Ridwaan Jadwat | ABC | 25 May 2018 | 2021 | 2–3 years | [17] | |
16 | Mark Donovan | ABC | 4 October 2021 | incumbent | 2 years, 331 days | [18][19] |
Notes
[edit]- ^A : Also served as non-resident ambassador of Australia to the Kingdom of Bahrain, since 1996.
- ^B : Also served as non-resident ambassador of Australia to the Sultanate of Oman, since 1996.
- ^C : Also served as non-resident ambassador of Australia to the Republic of Yemen, from 1998 to December 2007, and since March 2015.
- ^D : Also served as non-resident ambassador of Australia to the State of Kuwait, from 1998 to December 2004.
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