{"id":24477,"date":"2023-12-09T05:26:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T05:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=24477"},"modified":"2023-12-09T05:26:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T05:26:07","slug":"appointment-of-ambassadors-high-commissioners-and-consuls-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/12\/09\/appointment-of-ambassadors-high-commissioners-and-consuls-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointment of Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Consuls-General"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today I announce new appointments of Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Consuls-General, who will advance Australia&#8217;s interests abroad. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our diplomats drive opportunities for closer cooperation, support Australians overseas and help uphold the norms and rules that underpin peace and prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am pleased to announce the following appointments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/node\/4598\">Mr Chris Elstoft as Australia\u2019s next Consul-General in Chicago<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/node\/4596\">Mr Jeff Robinson as Australia\u2019s next Ambassador to the Republic of Korea<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/node\/4599\">Ms Danielle Heinecke as Australia\u2019s next High Commissioner to Malaysia<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/node\/4595\">Ms Sara Moriarty as Australia\u2019s next High Commissioner to the Republic of Nauru<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/node\/4594\">Mr John Williams as Australia\u2019s next Consul-General in Shanghai<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/node\/4597\">Mr Paul Lehmann as Australia\u2019s next Ambassador to Ukraine<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I thank outgoing ambassadors, high commissioners and consuls-general for their contributions to advancing Australia&#8217;s interests in these countries during their respective tenures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I announce new appointments of Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Consuls-General, who will advance Australia&#8217;s interests abroad. &nbsp; Our diplomats drive opportunities for closer cooperation, support Australians overseas and help uphold the norms and rules that underpin peace and prosperity. I am pleased to announce the following appointments: Mr Chris Elstoft as Australia\u2019s next Consul-General &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/12\/09\/appointment-of-ambassadors-high-commissioners-and-consuls-general\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Appointment of Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Consuls-General&#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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24477","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=24477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24478,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24477\/revisions\/24478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}