List of ambassadors of Australia to Poland

The ambassador of Australia to Poland 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 Poland. The ambassador is located in Warsaw and also holds non-resident accreditation for Lithuania (since 2013) and the Czech Republic (and formerly Czechoslovakia, 1978–1990; since 1994). From 29 June 1990 to September 1994 there was a resident embassy in Prague.^[1][2] The current ambassador, since November 2019, is Lloyd Brodrick.

Ambassador of Australia to Poland
Incumbent Lloyd Brodrick since 29 November 2019 (2019-11-29)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Warsaw
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder	L. J. Lawrey (resident in Moscow)
Formation	1972

The Australian Government has maintained a diplomatic relationship with Poland since 1972.^[3] Between June 1972 and September 1973 the Australian Ambassador in Moscow was dually accredited to Warsaw.^[4] In 1973, Francis Stuart became the first resident Ambassador to the country.

Officeholders

Heads of mission

Ordinal	Officeholder	Title	Other offices	Residency	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
1	Lawrence John Lawrey	Ambassador of Australia to Poland		Moscow, USSR	June 1972 (1972-06)	September 1973 (1973-09)	1 year, 3 months
(n/a)	Peter James Lloyd AM	Charge d’Affaires		Warsaw, Poland	16 July 1973 (1973-07-16)	13 August 1973 (1973-08-13)	28 days	[5]
2	Francis Hamilton Stuart	Ambassador of Australia to Poland			1973 (1973)	1977 (1977)	3–4 years	[4]
3	Bob Laurie		A		1977 (1977)	1980 (1980)	2–3 years	[6]
4	John Burgess		A		1980 (1980)	1984 (1984)	3–4 years	[7]
5	Max Hughes		A		1985 (1985)	1987 (1987)	1–2 years	[8]
6	Lawry W. Herron		A		1987 (1987)	1991 (1991)	3–4 years
7	Anthony Kevin				1991 (1991)	1994 (1994)	2–3 years
8	Jonathan Thwaites		B		1994 (1994)	1998 (1998)	3–4 years	[9]
9	Margaret Adamson		B		1998 (1998)	2002 (2002)	3–4 years	[10]
10	Patrick Lawless		B		2002 (2002)	2005 (2005)	2–3 years	[11]
11	Ian Forsyth		B		2005 (2005)	2008 (2008)	2–3 years	[12]
12	Ruth Pearce		B		2008 (2008)	2012 (2012)	0 years	[13]
13	Jean Dunn		BC		2012 (2012)	2016 (2016)	0 years	[14]
14	Paul Wojciechowski		BC		January 2016 (2016-01)	2019 (2019)	2–3 years	[15]
15	Lloyd Brodrick		BC		29 November 2019 (2019-11-29)	incumbent	5 years, 183 days	[16][17]

Notes

^A : Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to Czechoslovakia, between 1978 and 1990.

^B : Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to the Czech Republic, since 1994.

^C : Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to the Republic of Lithuania, since 2013.

Resident ambassadors to Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic

Name	Start of term	End of term	References
Tony Vincent	29 June 1990	September 1994	[18]

See also

• Australia–Lithuania relations
• Australia–Poland relations