List of Australian Ambassadors to Syria

Australian Ambassador to Syria
Incumbent Neil Hawkins since 2015
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Cairo, Egypt
Inaugural holder	P.N. Hutton (resident in Beirut)

The Australian Ambassador to Syria is the Australian Government’s foremost diplomatic representative in Syria.^[1] After the Australian Government closed its post in Damascus in 1999, the Australian Ambassador to Egypt was named responsible for representing Australian interests in Syria.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors resident in Beirut, Lebanon

• Pierre Hutton (1973–1975)
• Peter Curtis (1975–1976)

Ambassador resident in Baghdad, Iraq

• John Starey (Chargé d'affaires 1976–1977)

Resident Ambassadors

• J.P. McCarthy (1977–1978)
• H.N. Truscott (1978–1981)
• D.G. Wilson (1981–1984)
• R.A. Burns (1984–1987)
• R.J. Spurr (1987–1988)
• J.E. Rawson (Chargé d'affaires 1988–1990)
• Victoria Owen (1990–1992)
• Paul Robilliard (1992–1996)
• Jim Dollimore (1996–1998)^[2]
• Janet Gardiner (1998–1999)^[3]

Ambassadors resident in Cairo, Egypt

• Victoria Owen (1999–2002)^[4]
• Robert Newton (2002–2005)^[5]
• Bob Bowker (2005–2008)^[6]
• Stephanie Schwabsky (2008–2012)
• Ralph King (2012–2015)^[7]
• Neil Hawkins (2015–)^[8]

References

1. CA 7163: Australian Embassy, Syria [Damascus], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 25 January 2016
2. Evans, Gareth (25 September 1995). "Diplomatic appointment: Ambassador to Syria" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
3. Downer, Alexander (15 June 1998). "Diplomatic appointment: Ambassador to Syria" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
4. Downer, Alexander (2 February 1998). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Egypt" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
5. Downer, Alexander (27 September 2001). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Egypt" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
6. Downer, Alexander (15 October 2004). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Egypt" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
7. Rudd, Kevin (13 December 2011). "Diplomatic appointment - Ambassador to Egypt" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 11 March 2015.
8. Bishop, Julie (6 March 2015). "Ambassador to Egypt" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 11 March 2015.