List of ambassadors of Australia to Spain

The Ambassador of Australia to Spain 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 Kingdom of Spain. The ambassador resides in Madrid.^[1] The ambassador also holds non-resident accreditation as ambassador to Andorra (since 1998) and Equatorial Guinea (since 2009).^[2]

Ambassador of Australia to Spain
Incumbent Rosemary Morris-Castico since 23 April 2024
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	Her Excellency
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Madrid
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder	Lawrence John Lawrey
Formation	1969
Website	Australian Embassy, Spain

The current ambassador, since June 2020, is Sophia McIntyre.

List of ambassadors

Ordinal	Officeholder	Other offices	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
1	Lawrence John Lawrey		1969 (1969)	1971 (1971)	1–2 years	[3]
2	Dudley McCarthy		1972 (1972)	1976 (1976)	3–4 years
3	Hugh Gilchrist		1977 (1977)	1979 (1979)	1–2 years
4	K. H. Rogers		1980 (1980)	1984 (1984)	3–4 years
5	D. G. Wilson		1985 (1985)	1985 (1985)	0 years
6	Harry Jenkins		1986 (1986)	1988 (1988)	1–2 years	[4][5][6]
7	H. C. Mott		1989 (1989)	1991 (1991)	1–2 years
8	Warwick Pearson		1992 (1992)	1996 (1996)	3–4 years
9	Richard Starr	A	1997 (1997)	2000 (2000)	2–3 years
10	Tim George	A	2000 (2000)	2003 (2003)	2–3 years	[7]
11	Susan Tanner	A	2003 (2003)	2006 (2006)	2–3 years	[8]
12	Noel Campbell	AB	2006 (2006)	2010 (2010)	3–4 years	[9]
13	Zorica McCarthy	AB	2010 (2010)	2013 (2013)	2–3 years	[10]
14	Jane Hardy	AB	2013 (2013)	2014 (2014)	0–1 years	[11][12]
15	Virginia Greville	AB	1 May 2015 (2015-05-01)	25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)	3 years, 24 days	[13][14]
16	Julie-Ann Guivarra	AB	25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)	January 2020 (2020-01)	1 year, 7 months	[15]
17	Sophia McIntyre	AB	26 June 2020 (2020-06-26)	incumbent	5 years, 40 days	[16]

Notes

^A Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to Andorra, since 1998.

^B Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to Equatorial Guinea, since 2009.