The Ambassador of Australia to Venezuela 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 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The ambassador resides in Santiago, Chile. The current ambassador, since February 2020, is Todd Mercer.
The Australian Government established an embassy in Caracas in 1979 and appointed its first resident ambassador, A. D. Brown. Previously, responsibility for Australian diplomatic representation in Venezuela was held in Brazil (1973–1974) and then Peru (1974–1979). The Australian Embassy in Caracas was closed in 2002.
List of ambassadors Ordinal Officeholder Residency Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes Frederick Homer Brasília, Brazil years Lima, Peru years years Alan Brown Caracas, Venezuela years years Richard Starr years Anthony Dingle years Dominique De Stoop years Roger Frankel years John Woods years Santiago, Chile years Tim Kane years Robert Fergusson years Todd Mercer incumbent
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