The Australian high commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the high commission of the Commonwealth of Australia in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and the high commissioner resides in Port of Spain. The high commissioner, since March 2023, has been Sonya Koppe.
Posting history The Australian government established a high commission in Port of Spain in May 2004 and appointed its first resident High Commissioner, John Michell. Previously, responsibility for Australian diplomatic representation in Trinidad and Tobago was held in Canada (1974); Jamaica (1975–1994); and Barbados (1994–2004). The decision to move Australian Government representation from Barbados to Trinidad and Tobago was part of a review of Australia's diplomatic network completed in July 2003.
List of high commissioners
# Officeholder Residency Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes Ottawa, Canada 1974 1974 years Kingston, Jamaica 1975 1977 years Brian Hickey 1978 1979 years 1980 1981 years R. E. Little 1982 1984 years Michael Landale 1985 1987 years Ian Wille 1988 1989 years Peter Rogers 1990 1994 years Bob Whitty Bridgetown, Barbados 1994 1998 years Paul Smith 1998 2001 years 2001 2004 years John Michell Port of Spain 2004 2007 years Philip Kentwell 2007 2013 years Ross Tysoe 2013 2016 years John Pilbeam 2016 2019 years Bruce Lendon 2019 2023 4 years 17Sonya Koppe incumbent days
References
External links Australian High Commission, Port of Spain