List of Australian Ambassadors to Germany

Ambassador of Australia to Germany
Incumbent Lynette Wood since 2016
Style	Her Excellency
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder	Noël Deschamps
Formation	28 January 1952
Website	German Embassy Berlin

The Ambassador of Australia to Germany 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 Federal Republic of Germany. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and holds non-resident accreditation for Switzerland (since 1993) and Liechtenstein (since 1999). There is also a Consulate-General in Frankfurt am Main, the German financial capital, which is managed by Austrade. Although the ambassador in Berlin has ultimate responsibility for relations with the Swiss Government, there exists a Consulate-General and Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva. The ambassador is currently Lynette Wood.

Since 17 August 1999 the ambassador has been based with the embassy on Wallstraße in Berlin but from 1952 to 1990 was based in Bonn. From 1952 to 1999, the Ambassador served as the civilian head of the Australian Military Mission in Berlin, attached to the British sector. With the unification of Germany in 1990, a new Consulate-General with resident representation was established in Berlin on 3 October 1990. Prior to accreditation with Switzerland being transferred to the Embassy in Bonn, from 1974 to 1993 there was an embassy in Berne.

Germany and Australia have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 28 January 1952. Australia also maintained a separate embassy for the German Democratic Republic, with its own ambassador, between 1972 and 1990. In 2012 Australia and Germany celebrated 60 years of diplomatic relations.

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