This is a list of the administrative heads of Cocos (Keeling) Islands since 23 November 1955, when it became an external territory of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Ordinal Officeholder Title Term start Term end Time in office NotesCocos (Keeling) Islands Territory of the Commonwealth of Australia H. J. Hull Official Representative of Cocos (Keeling) Islands 23 November 1955 13 November 1957 C. H. Cox Acting Official Representative of Cocos (Keeling) Islands 14 December 1957 13 March 1958 John William Stokes Official Representative of Cocos (Keeling) Islands 8 November 1958 27 July 1960 Charles Ivens Buffett 27 July 1960 17 April 1966 P. L. Ryan 18 April 1966 19 June 1966 Peter C. Burbrook 20 June 1966 25 June 1969 C. W. Suthern 26 June 1969 28 July 1972 C. McManus 29 July 1972 16 July 1975 Robert James Linford Administrator of Cocos (Keeling) Islands 23 July 1975 15 November 1977 Charles Ivens Buffett 16 November 1977 25 July 1979 Granted autonomy from the Commonwealth of Australia () Charles Ivens Buffett Administrator of Cocos (Keeling) Islands 25 July 1979 31 December 1981 (contd.) Eric Herbert Hanfield 21 April 1982 22 November 1983 Kenneth Chan 14 December 1983 6 April 1984 Integrated with Australia in an act of self-determination (see 1984 status referendum) () Kenneth Chan Administrator of Cocos (Keeling) Islands 6 April 1984 19 November 1985 (contd.) Carolyn Stuart 20 November 1985 December 1987 W. N. Syrette Acting Administrator of Cocos (Keeling) Islands January 1988 30 June 1988 M. Jopling 1 July 1988 7 November 1988 Dawn Lawrie Administrator of Cocos (Keeling) Islands 8 November 1988 27 November 1990 Barry T. Cunningham 1 December 1990 4 December 1992 John Bell Read 5 December 1992 4 December 1994 Danny Ambrose Gillespie Acting Administrator of Cocos (Keeling) Islands 4 December 1994 31 January 1995 Martin Mowbray Administrator of Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1 February 1995 30 January 1996 Jarl Andersson Acting Administrator of Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1 February 1996 1 July 1996 Part of Australian Indian Ocean Territories of the Commonwealth of Australia () Jarl Andersson 1 July 1996 12 April 1997 (contd.) Maureen Ellis 12 April 1997 30 September 1997 Ronald George Harvey Graham Nicholls William "Bill" Leonard Taylor Ray Stone Evan Williams Neil Lucas Julian Yates Sheryl Klaffer years Stephen Clay years Brian James Lacy Jon Stanhope Barry Haase 4 October 2017 26Natasha Griggs5 October 20174 October 202227Sarah Vandenbroek4 October 202226 May 202328Farzian Zainal26 May 2023incumbent

See also

King of the Cocos Islands List of administrative heads of Christmas Island

References