List of ambassadors of Australia to Venezuela
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The Ambassador of Australia to Venezuela 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 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The ambassador resides in Santiago, Chile. The current ambassador, since February 2020, is Todd Mercer.
ReportstoMinister for Foreign Affairs
NominatorPrime Minister of Australia
| Ambassador of Australia to Venezuela | |
|---|---|
| |
Incumbent since February 2020Todd Mercer (resident in Santiago) | |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Reports to | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| Residence | Santiago, Chile |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Australia |
| Appointer | |
| Inaugural holder | Frederick Homer (resident in Brasília) |
| Formation | 1973 |
The Australian Government established an embassy in Caracas in 1979 and appointed its first resident ambassador, A. D. Brown. Previously, responsibility for Australian diplomatic representation in Venezuela was held in Brazil (1973–1974) and then Peru (1974–1979).[1] The Australian Embassy in Caracas was closed in 2002.[2][3]
List of ambassadors
| Ordinal | Officeholder | Residency | Term start date | Term end date | Time in office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frederick Homer | Brasília, Brazil | 1973 | 1974 | 0–1 years | |
| 2 | Allan Loomes | Lima, Peru | 1974 | 1978 | 3–4 years | |
| 3 | Alan Fogg | 1979 | 1979 | 0 years | ||
| 4 | Alan Brown | Caracas, Venezuela | 1979 | 1980 | 0–1 years | |
| 5 | Peter Barbour | 1981 | 1984 | 2–3 years | [4] | |
| 6 | Richard Starr | 1985 | 1986 | 0–1 years | [5] | |
| 7 | Anthony Dingle | 1987 | 1991 | 3–4 years | [6] | |
| 8 | Dominique De Stoop | 1991 | 1996 | 4–5 years | ||
| 9 | Roger Frankel | 1996 | 2000 | 3–4 years | [7] | |
| 10 | John Woods | 2000 | 2002 | 1–2 years | [8] | |
| 11 | Virginia Greville | Santiago, Chile | 2009 | 2012 | 2–3 years | [9][10] |
| 12 | Tim Kane | 2012 | 2016 | 3–4 years | [11] | |
| 13 | Robert Fergusson | January 2017 | 2020 | 2–3 years | [12] | |
| 14 | Todd Mercer | February 2020 | incumbent | 6 years, 8 months | [13] | |