Bruce Miller (diplomat)

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Bruce Miller

AO
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16th Ambassador of Australia to Japan
In office
16 August 2011 (2011-08-16) – 11 April 2017 (2017-04-11)
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Julia Gillard
Tony Abbott
Malcolm Turnbull
Governor GeneralQuentin Bryce
Peter Cosgrove
Preceded byMurray McLean
Succeeded byRichard Court
Personal details
Born
Bruce Miller

1961
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
OccupationDiplomat, public servant

Bruce James Miller AO (born 1961) is an Australian diplomat who was Australian Ambassador to Japan from 2011 until 2017. He was acting Director-General of the Office of National Assessments before retiring from the public service in December 2017.[1] Since then, he has taken up a number of private sector and academic roles.[2] He has served on behalf of Australia, particularly in East Asian countries such as Japan, where he has had multiple postings. Growing up with an interest of Japan and its culture since the age of 11, he learned to speak Japanese while at university.[3]

In 2011, Miller was announced to replace Murray McLean as Ambassador of Australia to Japan, on 7 April that year, shortly after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and arrived to take up his posting in August.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Maintaining a Strong and Secure Australia". Prime Minister of Australia press release 1 December 2017. Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Board of Directors". TAL Dai-ichi Life. TAL Dai-ichi Life. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Aussie envoy a student of Japan | The Japan Times". Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Diplomatic appointment: Ambassador in Japan". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Murray McLean 		Australian Ambassador to Japan
2011–2017 		Succeeded by
Richard Court
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