Ambassador of Australia to Mongolia | |
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Incumbent
John Langtry since December 2015 |
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Style | His Excellency |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Australia |
Appointer | Governor General of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Lawrence John Lawrey (resident in Moscow) |
Formation | 5 June 1962 |
The Australian Ambassador to Mongolia is the Australian Government's foremost diplomatic representative in Mongolia. The Ambassador is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to Mongolia. The Ambassador resides in Ulaanbaatar. In 2008, Australia moved its diplomatic accreditation to Mongolia from Beijing to Seoul. Australia's first resident Ambassador to Mongolia, John Langtry, was appointed in December 2015. Australia appointed an Honorary Consul in Ulaanbaatar in 2007, and in 2011 an office of Austrade opened in Ulaanbaatar. That office was upgraded to an Australian Consulate-General which opened on 30 March 2012.