{"id":21761,"date":"2023-07-11T14:46:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T14:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=21761"},"modified":"2023-07-11T14:46:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T14:46:47","slug":"appointment-of-australian-high-commissioners-and-ambassadors-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/07\/11\/appointment-of-australian-high-commissioners-and-ambassadors-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointment of Australian High Commissioners and Ambassadors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our diplomats are the driver of Australia&#8217;s engagement with the world. Today I announce new appointments that strengthen Australia&#8217;s diplomatic capability and its prosecution of our national interests around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am pleased that these highly qualified individuals have been appointed to lead Australia&#8217;s posts in the Maldives, Malta, Mexico, Qatar, and Tuvalu, and to the roles of Ambassador for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, and the Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/high-commissioner-republic-maldives\">Mr David Jessup as Australia&#8217;s first resident High Commissioner to the Republic of Maldives.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/high-commissioner-malta\">Mr Matt Skelly as Australia&#8217;s next High Commissioner to Malta<\/a>. Mr Skelly will also be accredited to Tunisia.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/ambassador-mexico\">Ms Rachel Moseley as Australia&#8217;s next Ambassador to Mexico<\/a>. Ms Moseley will also be accredited to Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/ambassador-qatar\">Mr Shane Flanagan as Australia&#8217;s next Ambassador to Qatar<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/high-commissioner-tuvalu\">Mr Brenton Garlick as Australia&#8217;s next High Commissioner to Tuvalu<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/ambassador-arms-control-and-counter-proliferation\">Ms Vanessa Wood as Australia&#8217;s next Ambassador for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/ambassador-and-permanent-representative-united-nations\">Mr James Larsen as Australia&#8217;s next Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The appointment of Australia&#8217;s first resident High Commissioner in Mal\u00e9, Maldives demonstrates Australia&#8217;s increased engagement in the Indian Ocean, including through the Indian Ocean Rim Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thank the outgoing Ambassadors and High Commissioners for their contributions to advancing Australia&#8217;s interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our diplomats are the driver of Australia&#8217;s engagement with the world. Today I announce new appointments that strengthen Australia&#8217;s diplomatic capability and its prosecution of our national interests around the globe. I am pleased that these highly qualified individuals have been appointed to lead Australia&#8217;s posts in the Maldives, Malta, Mexico, Qatar, and Tuvalu, and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/07\/11\/appointment-of-australian-high-commissioners-and-ambassadors-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Appointment of Australian High Commissioners and Ambassadors&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21762,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21761\/revisions\/21762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}