List of ambassadors of Australia to Myanmar

The Ambassador of Australia to Myanmar 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 the Union of Myanmar. The Ambassador resides in Yangon.^[1]

Ambassador of Australia to Myanmar
Incumbent Angela Corcoran (Chargé d'Affaires) since June 2022
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder	Colin Moodie
Formation	1956

The position of ambassador has been vacant since April 2022. It was subsequently reported, but not confirmed, that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is considering suspending diplomatic relations with Myanmar as the Australian Government reportedly tries to avoid legitimising the 2021 coup d'état.^[2]

List of heads of mission

Ordinal	Officeholder	Title	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
(n/a)	Malcolm Booker	Charge d’Affaires	1952 (1952)	1953 (1953)	0–1 years	[3][4]
1	Colin Moodie	Minister to Burma	1956 (1956)	1956 (1956)	0–1 years
		Ambassador of Australia to Burma	1956 (1956)	1957 (1957)
2	Allan Loomes		1958 (1958)	1961 (1961)	2–3 years
(n/a)	Frederick Homer	Chargé d'affaires	1962 (1962)	1963 (1963)	0–1 years
3	Lew Border	Ambassador of Australia to Burma	1963 (1963)	1965 (1965)	1–2 years	[5]
4	Frank Milne		1965 (1965)	1966 (1966)	0–1 years
5	Marshall Johnston		1966 (1966)	1967 (1967)	0–1 years
6	Roy Fernandez		1968 (1968)	1969 (1969)	0–1 years
7	Richard Broinowski		1970 (1970)	1971 (1971)	0–1 years
8	Walter Handmer		1972 (1972)	1973 (1973)	0–1 years
9	Garry Woodard		1974 (1974)	1976 (1976)	1–2 years
(n/a)	R. C. Whitty	Chargé d'affaires	1977 (1977)	1977 (1977)	0 years
10	John Lavett	Ambassador of Australia to Myanmar	1977 (1977)	1980 (1980)	2–3 years
11	Richard Gate		1980 (1980)	1982 (1982)	1–2 years	[6]
(4)	Frank Milne		1983 (1983)	1986 (1986)	2–3 years
12	Christopher Lamb		1986 (1986)	1989 (1989)	2–3 years
13	Geoff Allen		1989 (1989)	1993 (1993)	3–4 years
14	Stuart Hume		1993 (1993)	1997 (1997)	3–4 years	[7]
15	Lyndall McLean		1997 (1997)	2000 (2000)	2–3 years	[8]
16	Trevor Wilson		2000 (2000)	2003 (2003)	2–3 years	[9]
17	Paul Grigson		2003 (2003)	2005 (2005)	1–2 years	[10]
18	Bob Davis		2005 (2005)	2008 (2008)	2–3 years	[11]
19	Michelle Chan		2008 (2008)	2011 (2011)	2–3 years	[12]
20	Bronte Moules		2011 (2011)	2015 (2015)	3–4 years	[13][14][15]
21	Nicholas Coppel		2015 (2015)	2018 (2018)	2–3 years	[16]
22	Andrea Faulkner		February 2019 (2019-02)	April 2022 (2022-04)	3 years, 2 months	[17][18][2]
(n/a)	Angela Corcoran	Charge d’Affaires	April 2022 (2022-04)	incumbent	3 years, 3 months	[19]