List of ambassadors of Australia to Austria


The ambassador of Australia to Austria and permanent representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Vienna 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 Austria in Vienna. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and holds non-resident accreditation for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Kosovo, Slovakia, and Slovenia as a non-resident ambassador. From 1968 to 1974 the ambassador held accreditation for Switzerland until it was transferred to a newly opened Australian embassy in Bern. An Australian embassy existed in Budapest, Hungary, from 1972 until its closure in July 2013. From February 1992 to October 1999, the ambassador in Vienna also held accreditation to Croatia. From 1973 to 1978, responsibility for Czechoslovakia was held by the ambassador resident in Vienna, after which it was transferred to the Australian Embassy in Warsaw.
The ambassador is currently Ian Biggs. Austria and Australia have enjoyed official diplomatic relations since 1966. The ambassador also acts as Australia's permanent representative to the United Nations Office in Vienna since its establishment on 1 January 1980, including as the representative and governor on the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission.

List of ambassadors

OrdinalOfficeholderOther officesTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
1Malcolm Morris19661970 years
2Lawrence Corkery19701972 years
319721974 years
4February 19751977 years
519771980 years
6Duncan Campbell19801984 years
7John Kelso19841988 years
8Michael Wilson19881993 years
9Ronald Walker19931996 years
10Lance Joseph19962000 years
11Max Hughes20002003 years
12Deborah Stokes20032006 years
1320062009 years
1420092012 years
1512 September 20122016 years
16Brendon HammerOctober 2016September 2019
17Richard SadleirSeptember 2019incumbent