Peter Woolcott
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Peter Woolcott AO |
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| Australia's High Commissioner to New Zealand | |
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Assumed office 28 January 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Potts |
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| Spouse(s) | Tanya Hollows |
| Children | Three |
| Parents | Birgit and Richard Woolcott |
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Australian National University The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy |
| Occupation | Public servant and diplomat |
Peter Woolcott AO is an Australian public servant and diplomat. Woolcott has served as Australia's High Commissioner to New Zealand since January 2016.
Woolcott was born in the early 1950s, the son of Richard Woolcott, a former Australian diplomat public servant. He spent October 1953 to May 1954 in Moscow, while his father was Third Secretary at the Australian Embassy in the city.
Peter Woolcott graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University and a Master of Arts degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
After practising as a barrister in Sydney for a number of years, Woolcott joined the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1981. He served in Australian diplomatic missions in Jamaica (1981–83), Argentina (1987–88), the Philippines as Deputy Head of Mission (1994–97), Consul-General in Honolulu and representative to United States Pacific Command (1998–2001), Deputy Head of Mission in Jakarta (2001–2002), Chief of Staff to the Minister for Foreign Affairs (2002–04), and Australian Ambassador to Italy (2004–07).
In October 2008, Woolcott was one of several senior officials involved in Australia-US political-military talks. At the talks, Woolcott praised China's diplomatic efforts in south-east Asia, but said there were significant problems in the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Burma.
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