The Ambassador of Australia to Laos 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic. The Ambassador resides in Vientiane. The Australian Government first announced it would open an embassy in Vientiane in 1962. The current ambassador, since February 2021, is Paul Kelly.
List of heads of mission
Ordinal Officeholder Title Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes Minister to Laos years years Minister to Laos years Chad Mitcham, ‘Forsyth, William Douglass (Bill)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/forsyth-william-douglass-bill-27737, published online 2018; Arthur Morris years Ambassador of Australia to Laos years years years A. H. Borthwick years J. A. Forsythe years Bruce Woodberry years Philip Peters years J. B. Campbell years P. A. Jackson years M. D. Mann years years Karina Campbell years Michael Jonathan Thwaites years Alistair Charles Maclean years Michele Forster years years John Williams years Jean-Bernard Carrasco years Paul Kelly incumbent
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