Hugh Heggie


Hugh Crosbie Heggie is an Australian public servant and physician who is the 23rd and current Administrator of the Northern Territory since 2 February 2023.

Career

Heggie was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1950, and educated at Bonbeach High School. He attended the University of Melbourne and graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. On the completion of his first degree he relocated to Sydney where he worked as a research pharmacologist before returning to Melbourne. In 2001, after 20 years in Melbourne, he relocated to the Northern Territory with his family.
Between 2016 and 2022, Heggie served as the Chief Health Officer and executive director of Public Health and Clinical Excellence in the Northern Territory. He played a significant role during the COVID-19 restrictions in Australia and served on numerous boards, committees and councils locally and nationally.
On 29 November 2022, chief minister Natasha Fyles announced Heggie would become the 23rd Administrator of the Northern Territory, succeeding Vicki O'Halloran. He was sworn in by Governor-General David Hurley on 2 February 2023.
In April 2025, Heggie apparently made a comment supporting the Labor Party in the upcoming federal election despite having a "non-partisan" role.

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Honorary appointments