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Australian High Commissioner to the Solomon Islands

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The high commissioner of Australia to the Solomon Islands is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Solomon Islands. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is based with the High Commission on the corner of Hibiscus Avenue and Mud Alley, Honiara.

High Commissioner of Australia to the Solomon Islands
Incumbent
Lachlan Strahan
since 10 January 2020 (2020-01-10)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
StyleHis Excellency
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
SeatHoniara
NominatorPrime Minister of Australia
AppointerGovernor General of Australia
Inaugural holderTrevor Harvey Boyd Sofield
Formation1982
WebsiteAustralian High Commission, Honiara

The high commissioner since January 2023 has been Rod Hilton, whose appointment was announced in November 2022.[1] The Solomon Islands and Australia have had diplomatic relations since 1982, following the independence of Solomon Islands on 7 July 1978.

List of high commissioners

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#OfficeholderTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
1Trevor Harvey Boyd Sofield1982 (1982)15 August 1985 (1985-08-15)2–3 years
2Max Gaylard15 August 1985 (1985-08-15)1988 (1988)2–3 years
3John Starey1988 (1988)March 1992 (1992-03)3–4 years
4Ruth Lorraine PearceMarch 1992 (1992-03)June 1994 (1994-06)2 years, 3 months
5Robert Kenneth FlynnJune 1994 (1994-06)July 1997 (1997-07)3 years, 1 month
6James BatleyJuly 1997 (1997-07)July 1999 (1999-07)2 years[2]
7Martin SharpJuly 1999 (1999-07)July 2001 (2001-07)2 years[3]
8Robert DavisJuly 2001 (2001-07)December 2003 (2003-12)2 years, 5 months[4]
9Patrick Cole[note 1]December 2003 (2003-12)12 September 2006 (2006-09-12)2 years, 9 months[5]
10Peter Hooton12 January 2007 (2007-01-12)12 May 2009 (2009-05-12)2 years, 120 days[6]
11Frank Ingruber12 May 2009 (2009-05-12)26 April 2011 (2011-04-26)1 year, 349 days[7]
12Matt Anderson26 April 2011 (2011-04-26)20 December 2013 (2013-12-20)2 years, 238 days[8]
13Andrew Byrne20 December 2013 (2013-12-20)December 2016 (2016-12)2 years, 11 months[9]
14Roderick BrazierDecember 2016 (2016-12)2019 (2019)2–3 years[10]
15Lachlan Strahan10 January 2020 (2020-01-10)January 25, 2023 (2023-01-25)4 years, 5 months[11][12][13]
16Rod HiltonJanuary 2023 (2023-01)incumbent1 year, 4 months[14][15]

Notes

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^[note 1] : On 12 September 2006 the Australian High Commissioner was declared persona non grata by the Solomon Islands Government alleging that he was "talking too much to the opposition," and had been expressing his opposition to a government-appointed commission of inquiry into recent civil unrest.[16]

See also

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References

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