The ambassador of Australia to Iran 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 Islamic Republic of Iran.[1]
The current ambassador, since May 2024, is Ian McConville.
Heads of mission
| Ordinal |
Officeholder |
Title |
Term start date |
Term end date |
Time in office |
Notes
|
| 1
|
Barry Hall
|
Ambassador of Australia
to the Imperial State of Iran
|
1968 (1968)
|
1972 (1972)
|
3–4 years
|
[2]
|
| 2
|
Henry Douglas White
|
1972 (1972)
|
1972 (1972)
|
0 years
|
|
|
|
| 3
|
Ivor Gordon Bowden
|
Ambassador of Australia
to the Imperial State of Iran
|
1974 (1974)
|
1978 (1978)
|
3–4 years
|
|
| 4
|
Marshall Johnston
|
1978 (1978)
|
1979 (1979)
|
0–1 years
|
|
| n/a
|
Kevin J. Boreham
|
Charge d’Affaires ad interim
|
1979 (1979)
|
1982 (1982)
|
2–3 years
|
|
| n/a
|
William N. Fisher
|
1982 (1982)
|
1983 (1983)
|
0–1 years
|
|
| n/a
|
John Dauth
|
1983 (1983)
|
1985 (1985)
|
1–2 years
|
|
| 5
|
John Lander
|
Ambassador of Australia
to the Islamic Republic of Iran
|
1985 (1985)
|
1987 (1987)
|
1–2 years
|
|
| 6
|
Michael Landale
|
1987 (1987)
|
1990 (1990)
|
2–3 years
|
|
| 7
|
John Oliver
|
1990 (1990)
|
1993 (1993)
|
2–3 years
|
|
| 8
|
Nick Warner
|
1994 (1994)
|
1997 (1997)
|
2–3 years
|
|
| 9
|
Stuart Hume
|
1997 (1997)
|
2001 (2001)
|
3–4 years
|
|
| 10
|
Jeremy Roger Newman
|
2001 (2001)
|
2005 (2005)
|
3–4 years
|
[3]
|
| 11
|
Greg Moriarty
|
2005 (2005)
|
2008 (2008)
|
2–3 years
|
[4]
|
| 12
|
Marc Innes-Brown
|
2008 (2008)
|
2013 (2013)
|
4–5 years
|
[5]
|
| 13
|
Paul Foley
|
2013 (2013)
|
2016 (2016)
|
2–3 years
|
[6]
|
| 14
|
Ian Biggs
|
July 2016 (2016-07)
|
2019 (2019)
|
2–3 years
|
[7]
|
| 15
|
Lyndall Sachs
|
6 October 2019 (2019-10-06)
|
incumbent
|
5 years, 81 days
|
[8][9]
|
See also
References
- ^ CA 8017: Australian Embassy, Iran [Tehran], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 11 January 2016
- ^ Markovic, Nina (9 May 2013), It’s complicated: a timeline of Australia–Iran relations in a historical perspective, Parliament of Australia
- ^ Downer, Alexander (6 March 2001). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Iran" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- ^ Downer, Alexander (4 March 2005). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Iran" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- ^ Smith, Stephen (30 June 2008). "Diplomatic Appointment – Ambassador to Iran" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014.
- ^ Carr, Bob (19 April 2013). "Ambassador to Iran" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014.
- ^ Bishop, Julie (6 May 2016). "Ambassador to Iran" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016.
- ^ Payne, Marise (28 August 2019). "Ambassador to Iran" (Press release). Australian Government.
- ^ "New Australian envoy submits copy of credentials to Zarif". The Islamic Republic News Agency. Teheran. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
