The Ambassador of Australia to Jordan 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 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The Ambassador resides in Amman.
Australia's diplomatic relations with Jordan began when Pierre Hutton, then Ambassador to Lebanon, was accredited as non-resident Ambassador to Jordan on 29 April 1975. A Jordan post was opened in Amman in 1979 with David Wadham named as Chargé d'Affaires while the then non-resident Ambassador, H.N. Truscott, remained in Lebanon. The first resident Ambassador was appointed in 1982, a move in part to ensure that Australia could be more fully informed about developments in the Middle East.
The current Ambassador to Jordan is Paula Ganly.
List of ambassadors Ordinal Officeholder Residency Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes Beirut, Lebanon years years J. M. Starey years J. P. McCarthy years H. N. Truscott years David G. Wilson years Richard K. Gate Amman, Jordan years Terry J. Goggin years G. R. T. Bowker years Jonathan P. C. Sheppard years Merry Wickes years Ian W. Russell years John Tilemann years Trevor Peacock years Glenn White years Heidi Venamore years Miles Armitage years Bernard Lynch Paula Ganly Incumbent
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