List of Australian envoys

Australian special interests ambassadors and envoys are specially-appointed officers of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to represent the interests of the Commonwealth of Australia abroad on a larger scale (such as by continent) or through representing the Commonwealth's approach to various international issues. While the special interest Ambassadors-at-Large are appointed in the same manner as would a normal Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, they are not credentialed to any state and thus have no treaty-making powers. Special Envoys are typically appointed by the prime minister of Australia.

Special interests ambassadors

Ambassadors for Counter-Terrorism # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes Les Luck Mike Smith Bill Fisher Miles Armitage Paul Foley Incumbent

Ambassadors for the Environment # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes years years Howard Bamsey Meg McDonald Ralph Hillman Christopher Langman years Role merged with the Ambassador for Climate Change Patrick Suckling Jamie Isbister Incumbent

Ambassadors for Climate Change # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes years Role merged with the Ambassador for the Environment Kristin Tilley Incumbent

Ambassadors for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology # Officeholder Title Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes Tobias Feakin Ambassador for Cyber Affairs Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology December 2022 Jessica Hunter

Ambassadors for Regional Health Security # Officeholder Title Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes Murray Proctor Ambassador for HIV/AIDS James Gilling Ambassador for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Blair Exell Ambassador for Regional Health Security Stephanie Williams Incumbent

Ambassador for People Smuggling and Human Trafficking # Officeholder Title Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes John Buckley Ambassador for People Smuggling Issues James Larsen Craig Chittick Andrew Goledzinowski Geoffrey Shaw Ambassador for People Smuggling and Human Trafficking Lucienne Manton Incumbent

Ambassadors for Gender Equality # Officeholder Title Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes Ambassador for Women and Girls Ambassador for Gender Equality Christine Clarke Ambassador for Women and Girls Stephanie Copus-CampbellAmbassador for Gender Equality Incumbent

Ambassadors for Human Rights # Officeholder Title Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes Special Envoy for Human Rights Post abolished Ambassador for Human Rights TBD Incoming

Special Envoys

Parliamentarians

Special Envoy for the Arts # Officeholder Party Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref MP Labor Incumbent

Special Envoy for Citizenship and Community Engagement # Officeholder Party Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref MP Liberal

Special Envoy for Cyber Security and Digital Resilience # Officeholder Party Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref MP Labor Incumbent

Special Envoy for Defence and Veterans' Affairs # Officeholder Party Title Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref MP Labor Special Envoy for Defence, Veterans' Affairs and Northern Australia Incumbent

Special Envoy for Disaster Recovery # Officeholder Party Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref Senator Labor Incumbent

Special Envoy for Drought Assistance and Recovery # Officeholder Party Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref MP National

Special Envoy for the Great Barrier Reef # Officeholder Party Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref MP Liberal National Senator Labor Incumbent

Special Envoy for Indigenous Affairs # Officeholder Party Title Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref MP Liberal Special Envoy for Indigenous Affairs Senator Labor Special Envoy for Reconciliation and Implementation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart

Special Envoy for Northern Australia # Officeholder Party Title Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref Senator Liberal National Special Envoy for Northern Australia MP Labor Special Envoy for Defence, Veterans' Affairs and Northern Australia Incumbent

Special Envoy for Social Cohesion # Officeholder Party Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref MP Labor Incumbent

Special Envoy for Trade # Officeholder Party Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref MP Liberal

Others

Diplomatic

Special Envoy to Africa # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref years years

Special Envoy for the Asia Pacific Community # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref 2008 Unknown Unknown

Special Envoy to Bhutan # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref

Special Envoy to Central Asia # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref years

Special Envoy to Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Caucasus # Officeholder Title Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref Special Envoy to Yugoslavia Special Envoy to Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Caucasus years Special Envoy to Ukraine

Special Envoy to Eritrea, Rwanda and South Sudan # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref

Special Envoy to Francophone countries and La Francophonie # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref years

Special Envoy to Latin America and the Caribbean # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref

Special Envoy to Lusophone countries # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref

Special Envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref

Special Envoy for the Pacific and Regional Affairs # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref Incumbent

Special Envoy for Southeast Asia # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref Incumbent

Special Envoy to Sri Lanka # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref

Issues

Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref Incumbent

Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref Incumbent

Special Envoy for the Kokoda Track # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref Unknown Unknown

Special Envoy for Operation Sovereign Borders # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref

Special Envoy on Whale Conservation # Officeholder Term start date Term end date Time in office Ref years

See also Foreign relations of Australia

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