Permanent Representative of Australia to the International Civil Aviation Organization

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Permanent Representative of Australia to the International Civil Aviation Organization
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Incumbent
Samuel Lucas
since 2016
StyleHis Excellency
NominatorPrime Minister of Australia
AppointerGovernor General of Australia
Inaugural holder
Formation6 June 1945
WebsiteDepartment of Infrastructure and Regional Development - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

The Permanent Representative of Australia to the International Civil Aviation Organization is an officer of the Australian Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development and the head of the delegation of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal, Canada. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is but one of Australia's representatives to the United Nations and its other constituent agencies. The Australian nominee to the , a body that works towards the uniformity in regulations, standards and procedures which will facilitate and improve air navigation to international standards, acts as the deputy to the Permanent Representative.

The current permanent representative is Samuel Lucas since October 2016. Mr Lucas is the first open LGBTQ person on the ICAO council in its history; his husband, Mr Darren Trerice, is accompanying him on the posting. Australia has been a member of ICAO since its establishment, with the permanent mission based in Montreal, now at 999 Robert-Bourassa Boulevard. Australia sent a delegation to the 1944 Chicago Conference, and became a party of the Convention on International Civil Aviation which was resolved at its end on 7 December 1944. Australian first sent a permanent representative to serve on the Council of the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization (PICAO) which began operating on 6 June 1945 and was replaced by ICAO on 7 April 1947.[1]

Permanent Representatives[]

Name Start of term End of term References
(Council Member) 1945 1947 [2]
Dr Bill Bradfield 1947 1952 [2]
Jim Stone 1952 1956 [2]
David Medley 1958 1962 [2]
Jim Stone 1965 1968 [2]
Dr Bill Bradfield 1968 1972 [2]
Byron Lewis 1972 1975 [2]
Reg Gross 1975 1981 [2]
George Birch 1981 1984 [2]
Jack Sansom 1984 1988 [2]
Bruce Weedon
Jim Webber
Simon Clegg 2003 2008 [3]
Peter Evans 2008 2010 [4]
November 2010 2016 [5]
Samuel Lucas 2016 present

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References[]

  1. ^ "CA 3472 - Australian Representative on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization". Agency Detail. National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Meyer, Roger; Huggins, Vicki. "Australia's Contribution to ICAO". The Airways Museum. The Airways Museum and Civil Aviation Historical Society. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Mr. SIMON CLEGG BEc; BCom; LLB; GDLP; Dip Lang (Spanish); Barrister & Solicitor (New Zealand & Australia)". School of Management and Public Administration. University of the South Pacific. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Mr. Peter Evans - Representative of Australia on the Council of ICAO Australia" (PDF). icao.int. International Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Ms KERRYN MACAULAY - Australian Representative on the Council of ICAO" (PDF). ICAO.int. International Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved 6 April 2016.

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