List of ambassadors of Australia to Chile

The Ambassador of Australia to Chile 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 Chile. The ambassador resides in Santiago.^[1] The current ambassador, since February 2020, is Todd Mercer.

Ambassador of Australia to Chile
Incumbent Andrew Martin since 23 December 2024
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Santiago
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder	John Duncan (as Minister to Chile)
Formation	1946

The post was first established in 1946, and was withdrawn in May 1949, as a cost saving measure by the Australian Government.^[2] The post reopened in 1968.^[3]

List of heads of mission

Ordinal	Name	Office	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
1	John Duncan	Minister to Chile	1946	1948	1–2 years	[4][5]
n/a	John Cumpston	Chargé d'affaires	1948	1949	0–1 years
n/a	Cavan Hogue	Chargé d'affaires	1968	1969	0–1 years
2	Noël Deschamps	Ambassador to Chile	1969	1973	3–4 years
n/a	Ian James	Chargé d'affaires	1973	1974	0–1 years
n/a	Alan Brown		1974	1976	1–2 years
3	Ian Nicholson	Ambassador to Chile	1976	1979	2–3 years
4	Gerald Harding		1979	1983	3–4 years
5	Kevin Flanagan		1983	1987	3–4 years
6	Malcolm Dan		1987	1991	3–4 years
7	Matthew Peek		1991	1996	4–5 years
8	Kenneth Berry		1996	1997	0–1 years	[6]
9	Susan Tanner		1997	1999	1–2 years	[7]
10	John Campbell		1999	2002	2–3 years	[8]
11	Elizabeth Schick		2002	2005	2–3 years	[9]
12	Crispin Conroy		2005	2009	3–4 years	[10]
13	Virginia Greville		2009	2012	2–3 years	[11]
14	Tim Kane		2012	2016	3–4 years	[12]
15	Robert Fergusson		January 2017 (2017-01)	February 2020 (2020-02)	3 years, 1 month	[13]
16	Todd Mercer		February 2020 (2020-02)	2023 (2023)	5 years, 5 months	[14]