List of Australian High Commissioners to Kenya

The High Commissioner of Australia to Kenya and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Nairobi 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 Republic of Kenya in Nairobi. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and also holds non-resident accreditation to Burundi (since 1987), Rwanda (since 1987), Somalia, Tanzania (since 1987) and Uganda (since 1965). The High Commissioner also acts as Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office at Nairobi, including the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. The High commissioner is also representative to the East African Community and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. The High Commissioner is currently Alison Chartres since 10 August 2017.

High Commissioner of Australia to Kenya
Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Nairobi
Incumbent
Alison Chartres
since 10 August 2017
StyleHis Excellency
NominatorPrime Minister of Australia
AppointerGovernor General of Australia
Inaugural holderWalter Crocker
FormationSeptember 1965
WebsiteAustralian High Commission, Kenya

Posting history

Kenya and Australia have enjoyed official diplomatic relations since the Australian government established diplomatic relations with Kenya and Uganda in August 1965. The first Australian representative was Walter Crocker who was appointed as the High Commissioner in Nairobi, with non-resident accreditation to Uganda and as Ambassador Ethiopia.[1] From 1976 to 1984 the High Commissioner was accredited to the Seychelles when it was transferred to the High Commission in Mauritius.[2] From 1962 to 1987 there existed a resident High Commission to Tanzania in Dar es Salaam.[3] However, with its closure accreditation, along with that of Rwanda and Burundi, was transferred to Kenya.[4][5] Although the High Commission in Kenya was originally accredited to Ethiopia on its establishment in 1965, a resident embassy in Addis Ababa was established in December 1984. The embassy was closed in 1987, with accreditation returning to Nairobi until the re-establishment of the Ethiopian embassy in 2010. In 1991, with its independence, accreditation was held for Eritrea, until it was transferred to the Embassy in Cairo in 2006.

High Commissioners
NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
Walter CrockerSeptember 1965October 1967[6]
Robert HamiltonNovember 1967December 1970[7]
K. H. RogersDecember 1970May 1974[8]
Walter HandmerMay 1974November 1977[9]
Hugh DunnNovember 1977December 1979[10]
John LavettJanuary 1980December 1981[2]
Geoffrey WhiteFebruary 1982May 1986[11]
Douglas CampbellMay 1986September 1989[12]
David GossSeptember 1989January 1993[4]
Lawry HerronJanuary 1993December 1995[13]
John TrotterJanuary 1996January 1998[14]
Philip GreenJanuary 1998January 2001[15]
Paul ComfortJanuary 2001August 2004[16]
George AtkinAugust 2004May 2007[17]
Lisa FilipettoMay 2007September 2010[18]
Geoff ToothSeptember 2010December 2014[19]
John FeakesJanuary 201510 August 2017[20]
Alison Chartres10 August 2017date[21]

High Commissioners to Tanganyika/Tanzania
  • A. F. Dingle (Acting High Commissioner, 1962)[22]
  • Hugh Gilchrist (1962–1966)[23]
  • H. W. Bullock (1967–1971)
  • Bill Landale (1971–1972)[24][25]
  • J. A. Forsythe (1973–1976)
  • F. W. Truelove (1977–1978)
  • E. J. L. Ride (1979–1981)
  • John R. Baker (1982–1984)[26]
  • Gordon K. Miller (1985–1987)[27]

See also
  1. "Ties with Africa". The Canberra Times. 24 August 1965. p. 8. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Diplomatic posts". The Canberra Times. 26 January 1980. p. 3. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. CA 8045: Australian High Commission, Tanzania [Dar es Salaam], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 10 January 2016
  4. "IN BRIEF". The Canberra Times. 21 July 1989. p. 2. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "New Mission Planned In East Africa". The Canberra Times. 12 May 1962. p. 2. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "VC named as new envoy". The Canberra Times. 10 September 1965. p. 3. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Kenya appointment". The Canberra Times. 15 November 1967. p. 13. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "IN BRIEF Housing subsidy raised". The Canberra Times. 31 December 1970. p. 3. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Africa envoy". The Canberra Times. 6 May 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Envoy to Kenya appoinsed". The Canberra Times. 6 September 1977. p. 9. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "Diplomat". The Canberra Times. 13 December 1981. p. 3. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. "Appointment". The Canberra Times. 10 May 1986. p. 18. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. "IN BRIEF". The Canberra Times. 14 October 1995. p. 6. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. Evans, Gareth (13 October 1995). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Kenya". Australian Government. Archived from the original (Press Release) on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  15. Downer, Alexander (23 December 1997). "DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT: HIGH COMMISSIONER TO THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA". Australian Government. Archived from the original (Press Release) on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  16. Downer, Alexander (25 October 2000). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Kenya". Australian Government. Archived from the original (Press Release) on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  17. Downer, Alexander (15 June 2004). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Kenya". Australian Government. Archived from the original (Press Release) on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  18. Downer, Alexander (29 March 2007). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Kenya". Australian Government. Archived from the original (Press Release) on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  19. Smith, Stephen (31 August 2010). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Kenya". Australian Government. Archived from the original (Press Release) on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  20. Bishop, Julie (9 December 2014). "High Commissioner to Kenya". Australian Government. Archived from the original (Press Release) on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  21. Bishop, Julie (10 August 2017). "High Commissioner to Kenya" (Press Release). Australian Government. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  22. "New Mission Planned In East Africa". The Canberra Times. 12 May 1962. p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  23. "'Australia has poor image'". The Canberra Times. 31 August 1966. p. 8. Retrieved 10 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  24. "Envoy to Tanzania named". The Canberra Times. ACT. 21 February 1970. p. 9. Retrieved 10 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  25. Juddery, Bruce (29 January 1971). "Africa: Our representation very thin on the ground". The Canberra Times. p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia. Over in Dar es Salaam Mr Bill Landale reports on Zambia, Malawi and, the only non-African country watched from the continent, Mauritius.
  26. "Tanzanian envoy". The Canberra Times. 16 January 1982. p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  27. "Envoy to Tanzania". The Canberra Times. 23 January 1985. p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.