Australian special interests Ambassadors and Envoys are specially-appointed officers of

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to represent the interests of the Commonwealth of Australia abroad on a larger scale (such as by continent) or through representing the Commonwealth's approach to various international issues. While the special interest Ambassadors-at-Large are appointed in the same manner as would a normal

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

, they are not credentialed to any state and thus have no treaty-making powers.

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s are typically appointed by the

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Special interests ambassadors

Ambassadors for Counter-Terrorism

Ambassadors for the Environment

Ambassadors for Climate Change

Ambassadors for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology

Ambassadors for Regional Health Security

Ambassador for People Smuggling and Human Trafficking

Ambassadors for Gender Equality

Ambassadors for Human Rights

Special Envoys

*Special Envoy to the

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived from ...

Ahmed Fahour Ahmed Fahour ( ar, أحمد فاعور ; born 1966) is a Lebanese Australian businessman. He is the managing director (MD) and CEO of Latitude Financial Services, and was formerly MD and CEO of Australia Post, and CEO Australia of the Nationa ...

, 29 June 2011–date. *Special Envoy to Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Caucasus, Russell Trood, 2011–2012. *Special Envoy to Africa **

Bob McMullan Robert Francis McMullan (born 10 December 1947) is an Australian former politician who represented the Australian Labor Party in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. He was the first person to represent the Australian Capital Ter ...

, 2010–2012. **

Malcolm Fraser John Malcolm Fraser (; 21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015) was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983, holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. Fraser was raised on hi ...

, 1996–1999. *Special Envoy to

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, Bill Fisher, 2010–2013. *Special Envoy on Whale Conservation,

Sandy Hollway David Alexander Hollway is a former senior Australian public servant and policymaker. He retired from the Australian Public Service in 1996 to head the 2000 Summer Olympics. Background and career Hollway graduated from the University of Sydne ...

, 2008–2009

References

External links

{{Lists of heads of Australian diplomatic missions * Foreign relations of Australia