Permanent Representative of Australia to the World Trade Organization

The ambassador and permanent representative of Australia to the World Trade Organization is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Permanent Mission of the Commonwealth of Australia to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and continues Australia's representation to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT; 1948–1995), as a charter member joining the WTO to replace the GATT on 1 January 1995. The Permanent Mission to the WTO is based with the Australian Permanent Mission and Consulate-General in Geneva.^[1] Prior to 1973, the role of Australia's representative on the GATT was filled by the Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Geneva.

Permanent Representative of Australia to the World Trade Organization
Incumbent George Mina since 27 October 2020 (2020-10-27)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Trade and Tourism
Seat	Geneva, Switzerland
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder	Alan Oxley (GATT) Donald Kenyon (WTO)
Formation	1 August 1988 (1988-08-01) (GATT) 1 November 1995 (1995-11-01) (WTO)
Website	Australian Permanent Mission and Consulate-General, Geneva, Switzerland

Office holders

#	Officeholder	Title	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
1	George Warwick Smith	Special Trade Representative, Geneva	16 January 1973 (1973-01-16)	20 April 1976 (1976-04-20)	3 years, 95 days	[2]
2	J. T. Fogarty		January 1977 (1977-01)	1980 (1980)	2–3 years	[3]
3	Francis Patrick Donovan		1980 (1980)	30 August 1982 (1982-08-30)	1–2 years	[4]
4	Peter Stewart Field		30 August 1982 (1982-08-30)	March 1985 (1985-03)	2 years, 6 months	[4][5]
5	Alan Oxley		March 1985 (1985-03)	1 August 1988 (1988-08-01)	4 years, 4 months	[6][7]
		Permanent Representative of Australia to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade	1 August 1988 (1988-08-01)	July 1989 (1989-07)		[8][9][10][11]
6	David Hawes		July 1989 (1989-07)	March 1993 (1993-03)	3 years, 8 months	[12]
7	Donald Kenyon		March 1993 (1993-03)	1 January 1995 (1995-01-01)	3 years, 9 months	[13]
		Permanent Representative of Australia to the World Trade Organization	1 January 1995 (1995-01-01)	December 1996 (1996-12)
8	Ted Delofski		11 December 1996 (1996-12-11)	December 1997 (1997-12)	11 months	[14]
9	Geoff Raby		January 1998 (1998-01)	August 2001 (2001-08)	3 years, 7 months	[15][16]
10	David Spencer		August 2001 (2001-08)	August 2005 (2005-08)	4 years	[17][18]
11	Bruce Gosper		August 2005 (2005-08)	19 December 2008 (2008-12-19)	3 years, 4 months	[19][20]
12	Peter Grey		19 December 2008 (2008-12-19)	1 March 2010 (2010-03-01)	1 year, 2 months	[21][22]
13	Tim Yeend		1 March 2010 (2010-03-01)	June 2013 (2013-06)	3 years, 3 months	[23][24]
14	Hamish McCormick		25 June 2013 (2013-06-25)	December 2016 (2016-12)	3 years, 5 months	[25][26]
15	Frances Lisson		January 2017 (2017-01)	27 October 2020 (2020-10-27)	3 years, 9 months	[27][28]
16	George Mina		27 October 2020 (2020-10-27)	Incumbent	4 years, 356 days	[29][30]