{"id":31773,"date":"2025-03-09T16:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T16:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=31773"},"modified":"2025-03-09T16:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T16:19:14","slug":"appointment-of-high-commissioner-and-ambassadors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/appointment-of-high-commissioner-and-ambassadors\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointment of High Commissioner and Ambassadors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today I announce the appointments of four career diplomats to lead Australia\u2019s posts in Dublin, Tarawa, Ulaanbaatar and Hanoi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am pleased to confirm the following appointments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/ambassador-ireland\">Ms Chantelle Taylor as Australia\u2019s Ambassador to Ireland<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/high-commissioner-kiribati-0\">Mr Mark Foxe as Australia\u2019s High Commissioner to the Republic of Kiribati<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/ambassador-mongolia-0\">Mr Leo Zeng as Australia\u2019s Ambassador to Mongolia<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/ambassador-vietnam-0\">Ms Gillian Bird PSM as Australia\u2019s Ambassador to Vietnam<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These diplomatic appointments will advance Australia\u2019s interests, to keep Australians safe, strengthen our economy and uphold the international rules that protect us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Australian Government is investing in all elements of our national power, including relationships with regional and global partners, to shape the world we live in for the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thank the outgoing ambassadors and high commissioner for their important contributions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I announce the appointments of four career diplomats to lead Australia\u2019s posts in Dublin, Tarawa, Ulaanbaatar and Hanoi. I am pleased to confirm the following appointments: Ms Chantelle Taylor as Australia\u2019s Ambassador to Ireland. Mr Mark Foxe as Australia\u2019s High Commissioner to the Republic of Kiribati. Mr Leo Zeng as Australia\u2019s Ambassador to Mongolia. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/appointment-of-high-commissioner-and-ambassadors\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Appointment of High Commissioner 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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31773","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\/31773","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=31773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31774,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31773\/revisions\/31774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}