List of ambassadors of Australia to Portugal

The Ambassador of Australia to Portugal 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 Portuguese Republic. The ambassador resides in Lisbon.^[1] The ambassador also holds non-resident accreditation for Cabo Verde (since 2009), São Tomé and Príncipe (since 2009) and Guinea-Bissau (since March 2011).^[2][3]

Ambassador of Australia to Portugal
Incumbent Indra McCormick since 30 September 2022 (2022-09-30)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	His/Her Excellency
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Lisbon
Seat	Edifício Victoria, Avenida da Liberdade, Lisbon
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder	Alan Renouf (resident in Paris)
Formation	28 July 1969
Website	Australian Embassy, Portugal

From 1946 to 1970, Australia's relations with Portugal were handled by the Consulate in Portuguese Timor.

The current ambassador, since September 2022, is Indra McCormick.

List of heads of mission

Ordinal	Officeholder	Title	Other offices	Residency	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
1	Alan Renouf OBE	Ambassador of Australia to Portugal		Paris, France	28 July 1969 (1969-07-28)	8 March 1970 (1970-03-08)	223 days	[1]
(n/a)	Thomas Holland	Chargé d'affaires		Lisbon, Portugal	8 March 1970 (1970-03-08)	December 1970 (1970-12)	8 months
2	Kevin Kelly	Ambassador of Australia to Portugal			December 1970 (1970-12)	1974 (1974)	3–4 years
3	Frank Cooper				1974 (1974)	1977 (1977)	2–3 years
4	Leslie Sellars				1977 (1977)	1981 (1981)	3–4 years
5	Geoffrey Brady				1981 (1981)	1984 (1984)	2–3 years
6	Bruce Woodberry				1984 (1984)	1988 (1988)	3–4 years
(n/a)	Annabel Anderson	Chargé d'affaires			1988 (1988)	1989 (1989)	0–1 years
7	Stuart Hume	Ambassador of Australia to Portugal			1989 (1989)	January 1993 (1993-01)	3–4 years
8	Clive Jones			Paris, France	January 1993 (1993-01)	August 1993 (1993-08)	7 months
9	Alan Brown				August 1993 (1993-08)	19 July 1996 (1996-07-19)	2 years, 11 months
10	John Spender QC				19 July 1996 (1996-07-19)	November 2000 (2000-11)	4 years, 3 months
11	Janet Gardiner			Lisbon, Portugal	November 2000 (2000-11)	2003 (2003)	2–3 years	[4]
12	Greg Polson				2003 (2003)	2006 (2006)	2–3 years	[5]
13	Luke Williams				2006 (2006)	2009 (2009)	2–3 years	[6]
14	Patrick Lawless		ABC		2009 (2009)	2012 (2012)	2–3 years	[7]
15	Anne Plunkett		ABC		2012 (2012)	19 April 2016 (2016-04-19)	3–4 years	[8]
16	Peter Rayner		ABC		19 April 2016 (2016-04-19)	28 June 2019 (2019-06-28)	3 years, 70 days	[9][10]
17	Claire Rochecouste		ABC		28 June 2019 (2019-06-28)	30 September 2022 (2022-09-30)	3 years, 94 days	[11][12]
18	Indra McCormick		ABC		30 September 2022 (2022-09-30)	incumbent	2 years, 321 days	[13]

Notes

^A : Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to the Republic of Cabo Verde, since 2009.

^B : Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, since 2009.

^C : Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, since March 2011.