List of ambassadors of Australia to South Korea

The Ambassador of Australia to the Republic of Korea is the Australian Government's foremost diplomatic representative in South Korea.[1] The Ambassador is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and holds non-resident accreditation with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).

Ambassador of Australia to the Republic of Korea
Incumbent
James Choi
since December 2016
StyleHis Excellency
NominatorPrime Minister of Australia
AppointerGovernor General of Australia
Inaugural holderJohn Petherbridge
Formation5 June 1962
WebsiteAustralian Embassy, Republic of Korea
The Australian Embassy is on the 19th floor of the Kyobo Life Insurance Building, Seoul.

The ambassador is currently James Choi. The Republic of Korea and Australia have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1961. In June 1962, Australia opened an embassy in Seoul, and after establishing diplomatic relations with North Korea in 1974, Australia opened an embassy in Pyongyang in April 1975. The embassy closed in November 1975 and relations weren't resumed until May 2000, and the embassy in Seoul has been accredited to North Korea since August 2008, the same time accreditation with Mongolia was transferred from the Embassy in Beijing.[2][3] The Australian Government established an embassy and appointed a resident Ambassador to Mongolia in 2015.[4]

Ambassadors
NameStart of termEnd of term
John Petherbridge (Chargé d'Affaires)5 June 1962August 1963
Geoffrey Brady (Chargé d'Affaires)26 August 1963February 1964
Roy Albert Peachey21 February 196419 June 1968
Allan Loomes19 June 196820 September 1971
Murray Bourchier7 December 197128 January 1975
John Roger Holdich31 March 197530 April 1976
Donald Jame Horne17 June 197622 June 1978
Geoff Miller14 July 197829 June 1980
Ted Pocock12 August 198010 February 1984
Lance Louis Ettelson Joseph12 April 1984August 1987
Richard Broinowski28 October 198719 December 1989
Darren Gribble27 February 1990December 1993
Mack Williams7 March 199426 March 1998
Anthony Hely[5]March 1998June 2001
Colin Heseltine[6]August 20019 December 2005
Peter Brock Rowe[7]December 2005February 2009
Sam Gerovich[8]March 200916 March 2013
Bill Paterson[9][10]16 March 2013December 2016
James Choi[11][12][13]December 2016present

See also

References
  1. CA 6952: Australian Embassy, Republic of Korea [Seoul], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 11 January 2016
  2. "Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  3. "Mongolia country brief". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  4. Bishop, Julie (22 December 2015). "New Embassy and appointment of Ambassador to Mongolia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016.
  5. Downer, Alexander (3 December 1997). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Republic of Korea" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  6. Downer, Alexander (19 March 2001). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Republic of Korea" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  7. Downer, Alexander (18 October 2005). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Republic of Korea" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  8. Smith, Stephen (18 November 2008). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the Republic of Korea" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015.
  9. Carr, Bob (15 March 2013). "Ambassador to the Republic of Korea" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016.
  10. "Ambassador to Korea (Republic of) - Mr Bill Paterson PSM". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  11. Bishop, Julie (9 November 2016). "Ambassador to Korea" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016.
  12. "Mr James Choi as Australia's next Ambassador to the Republic of Korea". SBS. 10 November 2016.
  13. Seung-woo, Kang (11 November 2016). "Korean-born Aussie named new Australian ambassador to Seoul". The Korea Times.
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