Stephen Brady
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His Excellency Stephen Christopher Brady AO, CVO |
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| Australian Ambassador to France, Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and Monaco | |
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Assumed office 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Ric Wells |
| Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia | |
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In office 2008–2014 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor-General |
Dame Quentin Bryce (2008–14) Sir Peter Cosgrove (2014) |
| Preceded by | Malcolm Hazell |
| Succeeded by | Mark Fraser |
| Australian Ambassador to the Netherlands | |
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In office 2004–2008 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Hussin |
| Succeeded by | Lydia Morton |
| Australian Ambassador to Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania | |
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In office 1998–2003 |
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| Preceded by | Judith Pead |
| Succeeded by | ? |
| Personal details | |
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11 June 1959 London, United Kingdom |
| Domestic partner | Peter Stephens |
| Alma mater | Australian National University |
Stephen Christopher Brady AO, CVO (born 11 June 1959) is a senior Australian career diplomat. In 1999 he and his partner Peter Stephens became the world's first officially acknowledged same sex ambassadorial couple, when they were presented to Queen Margrethe II of Denmark at the start of Brady's posting as Australian Ambassador to Denmark. From September 2008 to June 2014 he was the Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia. During this time he was also Secretary of the Council of the Order of Australia and Secretary of the Bravery Decorations Council. In March 2014 his appointment as Ambassador to the French Republic, with concurrent accreditation to the Kingdom of Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Principality of Monaco was announced.
Brady was born in London on 11 June 1959 to Geoffrey Vincent Brady and his wife Susanne. The family moved to Australia in 1960, where Brady was educated at Canberra Grammar School and the Australian National University. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours in international relations in 1981.
Brady joined the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1982 as a graduate foreign service officer. Promoted in 1985 to the Office of Security and Intelligence Coordination in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, he was subsequently foreign policy adviser to two Leaders of the Opposition. From 1990 – 1991 he was Counsellor and Chargé d'Affaires at the Australian Embassy in Dublin.
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