List of ambassadors of Australia to Peru

The ambassador of Australia to Peru 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 Peru.^[1] The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and holds non-resident accreditation for Bolivia (since 2010). Prior to accreditation with Bolivia being transferred to the embassy in Lima, accreditation has been held variously by Ambassadors to Chile, Argentina and Brazil. The current ambassador, since March 2022, is Maree Ringland.

Ambassador of Australia to Peru
Incumbent Maree Ringland since 22 March 2022 (2022-03-22)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	Her Excellency
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Lima
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder	Dan Mackinnon (resident in Buenos Aires)
Formation	1972
Website	Australian Embassy Lima

The Australian Government first announced it would open an embassy in Lima in 1968.^[2] The Australian Embassy in Peru was closed between 1986 and 2010,^[3] as a result of the 1986 Australian Government Budget.^[4]

List of heads of mission

Ordinal	Officeholder	Other offices	Residency	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
1	Dan Mackinnon CBE		Buenos Aires, Argentina	1968 (1968)	1970 (1970)	1–2 years
2	Harry Bullock			1970 (1970)	1973 (1973)	2–3 years
3	Hugh Dunn			1973 (1973)	1973 (1973)	0 years
4	Allan Loomes OBE	A	Lima, Peru	1974 (1974)	1978 (1978)	3–4 years
5	Alan Fogg MBE	A		1979 (1979)	1980 (1980)	0–1 years
6	Jim Ferguson	A		1981 (1981)	1983 (1983)	1–2 years	[5]
7	G. S. F. Harding			1984 (1984)	1986 (1986)	1–2 years
8	Kevin Flanagan		Santiago, Chile	1986 (1986)	1987 (1987)	0–1 years
9	Malcolm Dan			1987 (1987)	1991 (1991)	3–4 years
10	Matthew Peek			1991 (1991)	1996 (1996)	4–5 years
11	Kenneth Berry			1996 (1996)	1997 (1997)	0–1 years
12	Susan Tanner			1997 (1997)	1999 (1999)	1–2 years
13	John Campbell			1999 (1999)	2002 (2002)	2–3 years
14	Elizabeth Schick			2002 (2002)	2005 (2005)	2–3 years
15	Crispin Conroy			2005 (2005)	2009 (2009)	3–4 years
16	Virginia Greville			2009 (2009)	2010 (2010)	0–1 years
17	John Woods	B	Lima, Peru	2010 (2010)	2014 (2014)	3–4 years	[6]
18	Nicholas Gerard McCaffrey[7]	B		2014 (2014)	2018 (2018)	3–4 years	[8][9]
19	Diana Nelson	B		December 2018 (2018-12)	2022 (2022)	3–4 years	[10][11]
20	Maree Ringland	B		22 March 2022 (2022-03-22)		3 years, 70 days	[12][13]

Notes

^A Also non-resident Australian Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia, 1976 to 1983.

^B Also non-resident Australian Ambassador to the Plurinational State of Bolivia, since 2010.