Ambassador of Australia to Laos
Incumbent
Paul Kelly
since 5 February 2021 (2021-02-05)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
StyleHis Excellency
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
ResidenceVientiane
NominatorPrime Minister of Australia
AppointerGovernor General of Australia
Inaugural holderArthur Morris
Formation1963

The Ambassador of Australia to Laos 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic. The Ambassador resides in Vientiane.[1] The Australian Government first announced it would open an embassy in Vientiane in 1962. The current ambassador, since February 2021, is Paul Kelly.

List of heads of mission

OrdinalOfficeholderTitleTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
1 David McNicol Minister to Laos 1955 1956 0–1 years [2]
2 Frederick Blakeney 1956 1957 0–1 years
3 Bill Forsyth Minister to Laos 1959 1960 0–1 years [3]
4 Arthur Morris 1960 1963 3–4 years [4][5]
Ambassador of Australia to Laos 1963 1964
5 Barrie Dexter 1964 1967 2–3 years [6]
6 John Ryan 1968 1969 0–1 years
7 Peter Curtis 1970 1972 1–2 years
8 A. H. Borthwick 1973 1976 2–3 years
9 J. A. Forsythe 1977 1978 0–1 years
10 Bruce Woodberry 1979 1980 0–1 years [7]
11 Philip Peters 1981 1985 3–4 years [8]
12 J. B. Campbell 1986 1986 0 years
13 P. A. Jackson 1987 1990 2–3 years
14 M. D. Mann 1991 1994 2–3 years
15 Roland Rich 1994 1997 2–3 years
16 Karina Campbell 1997 2000 2–3 years [9]
17 Michael Jonathan Thwaites 2000 2004 3–4 years [10]
18 Alistair Charles Maclean 2004 2007 2–3 years [11]
19 Michele Forster 2007 2011 3–4 years [12]
20 Lynda Worthaisong 2011 2014 2–3 years [13]
21 John Williams 2014 2018 3–4 years [14]
22 Jean-Bernard Carrasco January 2018 2020 1–2 years [15]
23 Paul Kelly 5 February 2021 incumbent 2 years, 327 days [16][17]

References

  1. ↑ CA 2772:Australian Embassy, Laos [Vientiane], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 25 April 2015
  2. ↑ "Diplomat for Vietnam post". The Argus. Melbourne, Victoria. 2 December 1954. p. 1.
  3. ↑ Chad Mitcham, ‘Forsyth, William Douglass (Bill)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/forsyth-william-douglass-bill-27737, published online 2018; "Ambassador to Vietnam appointed". The Canberra Times. 2 July 1959. p. 2. The Government has raised the Australian Legation in Vietnam to the status of an Embassy and has appointed Mr. W. D. Forsyth as Australia's first Ambassador in Saigon.
  4. ↑ "Minister for East". The Canberra Times. ACT. 31 December 1960. p. 3.
  5. ↑ "Mr Arthur Malcolm Morris". The Canberra Times. ACT. 18 January 1963. p. 2.
  6. ↑ "Appointment for Laos". The Canberra Times. ACT. 20 June 1964. p. 7.
  7. ↑ "Ambassador". The Canberra Times. 2 September 1978. p. 3.
  8. ↑ "Laos post". The Canberra Times. 2 June 1981. p. 3.
  9. ↑ Downer, Alexander (18 June 1997). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Laos" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  10. ↑ Downer, Alexander (5 July 2000). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Laos" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  11. ↑ Downer, Alexander (21 June 2004). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Laos" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  12. ↑ Downer, Alexander (18 June 2007). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Laos" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015.
  13. ↑ Rudd, Kevin (22 December 2010). "Diplomatic Appointment – Ambassador to Laos" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015.
  14. ↑ Bishop, Julie (5 November 2013). "Ambassador to Laos" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 20 March 2015.
  15. ↑ Payne, Marise (2019). "Alex Gallacher: Australian Ambassador inquiry (Question No. 1209)". Hansard: Australian Senate. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  16. ↑ "Ambassador to Lao PDR". 16 December 2020. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  17. ↑ "Austcham Lao PDR". Facebook. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
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