List of ambassadors of Australia to Kuwait

The ambassador of Australia to Kuwait is the Australian Government's foremost diplomatic representative in Kuwait. The ambassador 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 State of Kuwait. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary. The current ambassador, since 21 November 2017, is Jonathan Gilbert.

Ambassador of Australia to Kuwait
Incumbent Melissa Kelly since 30 September 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	Ian Haig (as the Australian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia received nnon-resident accreditation)
Formation	23 December 2004[1]
Website	Australian Embassy in Kuwait

While the Australian Embassy in Kuwait City has been open since 23 December 2004, Kuwait and Australia have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1974, when the inaugural ambassador to Saudi Arabia in Jeddah received non-resident accreditation for Kuwait.

List of ambassadors

Ordinal	Officeholder	Residency	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
1	Ian Haig	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	1974 (1974)	1976 (1976)	1–2 years	[2][3][4]
2	Donald Kingsmill		1976 (1976)	1979 (1979)	2–3 years	[5]
3	Douglas Sturkey		1979 (1979)	1983 (1983)	3–4 years
4	Alan Brown		1983 (1983)	1984 (1984)	4–5 years	[6]
		Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	1984 (1984)	1988 (1988)
5	Alex McGoldrick		1988 (1988)	1991 (1991)	2–3 years	[7]
6	Malcolm Leader		1991 (1991)	1993 (1993)	1–2 years	[8][9]
7	Warwick Weemaes		1993 (1993)	1996 (1996)	2–3 years	[10]
8	Philip Knight		1996 (1996)	1998 (1998)	1–2 years	[11]
9	George Aitkin		1998 (1998)	2000 (2000)	1–2 years	[12]
10	Bob Tyson		2000 (2000)	23 December 2004 (2004-12-23)	3–4 years	[13]
11	Ralph King	Kuwait City, Kuwait	23 December 2004 (2004-12-23)	December 2007 (2007-12)	2 years, 11 months
12	Glenn Miles		December 2007 (2007-12)	28 November 2011 (2011-11-28)	3 years, 11 months	[14]
(13)	Bob Tyson		28 November 2011 (2011-11-28)	9 February 2015 (2015-02-09)	3 years, 73 days	[15]
14	Warren Hauck		9 February 2015 (2015-02-09)	21 December 2017 (2017-12-21)	2 years, 315 days	[16][17]
15	Jonathan Gilbert		21 December 2017 (2017-12-21)	1 July 2022 (2022-07-01)	4 years, 192 days	[18]
16	Melissa Kelly		30 September 2022 (2022-09-30)	incumbent	2 years, 321 days	[19]