List of ambassadors of Australia to Turkey

The Ambassador of Australia to Turkey 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 Turkey. The ambassador resides in Ankara.^[1] Since 2011, non-resident accreditation has been held for Azerbaijan and Georgia, which were transferred from the Embassy in Moscow. The ambassador's work is assisted by a Consulate-General in Istanbul and a Consulate in Çanakkale (since 2006).^[2][3]

Ambassador of Australia to Turkey
Incumbent Miles Armitage since 14 October 2021 (2021-10-14)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Ankara
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder	Alan McNicoll (as non-resident ambassador)
Formation	1968
Website	Australian Embassy – Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia

The current ambassador, since October 2021, is Miles Armitage.

List of ambassadors

Ordinal	Officeholder	Other offices	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
1	Alan McNicoll		1968 (1968)	1973 (1973)	4–5 years	[4][5]
2	John McMillan		1973 (1973)	1976 (1976)	2–3 years	[6]
3	Roy Peachey		1976 (1976)	1980 (1980)	3–4 years	[7]
4	Barry Hall		1980 (1980)	1984 (1984)	3–4 years	[8]
5	Philip Peters		1984 (1984)	1987 (1987)	2–3 years	[9]
6	Don Witheford		1987 (1987)	1992 (1992)	4–5 years	[10]
7	Geoffrey Price		1992 (1992)	14 December 1993 (1993-12-14)	0–1 years	[11]
8	David Evans		14 December 1993 (1993-12-14)	23 December 1997 (1997-12-23)	4 years, 9 days	[12]
9	Ian Forsyth		23 December 1997 (1997-12-23)	6 June 2001 (2001-06-06)	3 years, 165 days	[13]
10	Jon Philp		6 June 2001 (2001-06-06)	20 July 2004 (2004-07-20)	3 years, 44 days	[14]
11	Jean Dunn		20 July 2004 (2004-07-20)	18 June 2007 (2007-06-18)	2 years, 333 days	[15]
12	Peter Doyle		18 June 2007 (2007-06-18)	8 September 2010 (2010-09-08)	3 years, 82 days	[16]
13	Ian Biggs	AB	8 September 2010 (2010-09-08)	27 November 2013 (2013-11-27)	3 years, 80 days	[17]
14	James Larsen	AB	27 November 2013 (2013-11-27)	21 June 2017 (2017-06-21)	3 years, 206 days	[18]
15	Marc Innes-Brown PSM	AB	21 June 2017 (2017-06-21)	2021 (2021)	3–4 years	[19]
16	Miles Armitage	AB	14 October 2021 (2021-10-14)	incumbent	3 years, 246 days	[20][21]

Notes

^A Also served as the non-resident Ambassador of Australia to Azerbaijan, since 2011.

^B Also served as the non-resident Ambassador of Australia to Georgia, since 2011.

See also

• Australia–Turkey relations