List of Australian Ambassadors to Ukraine

Ambassador of Australia to Ukraine
Incumbent Bruce Edwards (Chargé d’Affaires)
Style	His Excellency
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder	Cavan Hogue
Formation	10 January 1992
Website	Australian Embassy, Ukraine

The Ambassador of Australia to Ukraine is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to Ukraine. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is currently held by Chargé d’Affaires Bruce Edward, pending the appointment of a new ambassador.

Ukraine and Australia have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1942 when Australia opened channels with the Soviet Union (which included the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic), although independent relations did not occur until the collapse of the Soviet Union and the establishment of a fully independent Ukraine in late 1991. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late 1991, Australia acted to recognise the new states of the Commonwealth of Independent States on 26 December 1991. Non-resident accreditation to Ukraine, based with the Australian Embassy in Moscow, was later established from 10 January 1992, but was transferred to the new interim embassy established in Kiev in November 2014 following the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine. While Australia's embassy is temporarily based with the Canadian Embassy in Kiev, Australia also has a Consulate in the city headed by an Honorary Consul.

The first resident ambassador, Doug Trappett, who was previously Deputy Head of Mission in Rome, had been sent to Kiev in December 2014 to deal with matters relating to the controversial downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which led to the deaths of 27 Australian citizens. Trappett presented his credentials on 14 January 2015.

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