List of high commissioners of Australia to Samoa

High Commissioner of Australia to Samoa
Incumbent
Emily Luck
since 22 June 2021
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
StyleHer Excellency
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
ResidenceApia, Samoa
NominatorPrime Minister of Australia
AppointerGovernor General of Australia
Inaugural holderRobert Birch
Formation13 December 1970
WebsiteAustralian High Commission, Independent State of Samoa

The high commissioner of Australia to Samoa is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia in Apia, Samoa (formerly known as Western Samoa until 4 July 1997). The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary[1] and the high commissioner is also responsible for relations with American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States.[2] The current high commissioner since June 2021 is Emily Luck.

Posting history

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On 13 December 1970, the Australian high commissioner in Suva, Fiji, Robert Birch, was appointed as the non-resident accredited high commissioner to Western Samoa,[3] and accreditation was held by the high commissioners in Suva until September 1977. On 23 March 1977, during a visit of Samoan prime minister Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Efi to Australia, Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser announced the establishment of an Australian High Commission in Apia, with an acting high commissioner appointed on 20 September 1977 to hold office until the appointment of a resident high commissioner, which was achieved in October 1979.[4][5]

Heads of mission

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# Officeholder Residency Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes
1 Robert Birch Suva, Fiji 13 December 1970 (1970-12-13) 13 January 1971 (1971-01-13) 31 days [3][6]
2 Rowen Osborn 13 January 1971 (1971-01-13) February 1973 (1973-02) 2 years [7][8][9]
3 Harold Bullock February 1973 (1973-02) August 1976 (1976-08) 3 years, 6 months [10][11][12][13]
4 Gordon Upton August 1976 (1976-08) 20 September 1977 (1977-09-20) 1 year, 1 month [14][15][16]
− Greg Urwin (Acting) Apia 20 September 1977 (1977-09-20) October 1979 (1979-10) 2 years [5]
5 Allan Deacon October 1979 (1979-10) 1 December 1981 (1981-12-01) 2 years, 2 months [17]
6 K. R. Fraser 1 December 1981 (1981-12-01) June 1984 (1984-06) 2 years, 6 months [18][19]
7 Tony Godfrey-Smith June 1984 (1984-06) October 1988 (1988-10) 4 years, 4 months [20][21]
8 Basil Teasey October 1988 (1988-10) November 1991 (1991-11) 3 years, 1 month [22]
9 David Ritchie November 1991 (1991-11) January 1995 (1995-01) 3 years, 2 months [23]
10 David Hegarty January 1995 (1995-01) January 1998 (1998-01) 3 years [24]
11 Paul O'Callaghan January 1998 (1998-01) January 2001 (2001-01) 3 years [25]
12 Peter Hooton January 2001 (2001-01) January 2004 (2004-01) 3 years [26][27]
13 Phillip Allars January 2004 (2004-01) January 2007 (2007-01) 3 years [28][29]
14 Matt Anderson January 2007 (2007-01) January 2012 (2012-01) 5 years [30][31][32]
15 Stephen Henningham January 2012 (2012-01) February 2014 (2014-02) 2 years, 1 month [33][34]
16 Sue Langford February 2014 (2014-02) March 2018 (2018-03) 4 years, 1 month [35][36]
17 Sara Moriarty March 2018 (2018-03) 18 June 2021 (2021-06-18) 3 years, 3 months [37][38][39]
18 Emily Luck 22 June 2021 (2021-06-22) Incumbent 3 years, 124 days [40][41][42][43]

References

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