Margaret Twomey
Australian diplomat
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Margaret Eileen Twomey AM (born 21 February 1963) is Ambassador of Australia to Italy (since July 2020).[1] She is former High Commissioner of Australia to Fiji, from November 2014 to November 2017.[2][3] Twomey has an honours degree in arts (Russian and French) from the University of Melbourne. Her grandfather Patrick Twomey started the PJ Twomey Hospital for Lepers in Fiji.[4][5]
Margaret Twomey | |
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Margaret Twomey in 2014 | |
| Australian Ambassador to Italy | |
| In office July 2020 – October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Greg French |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 February 1963[citation needed] |
| Relatives | Patrick Twomey (grandfather) |
| University of Melbourne (BA) | |
Former appointments
- High Commissioner to Fiji (2014–2017)
- Head of Policy Planning, DFAT (2013–2014)
- Ambassador to Russia and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Moldova, Belarus (2008–2012), and Ukraine (2008–2009).[6]
- Australia's Ambassador to East Timor (2004–08)[7]
- Deputy High Commissioner in Suva (2000–02)
- First Secretary and Counsellor in London (1995–2000)
- Third, later Second Secretary in Belgrade (1990–92)
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