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Andrea Faulkner, until April 2022, was Australian Ambassador to Myanmar until Australia downgraded its diplomatic ties with Myanmar in response to the actions of the military junta in Myanmar. Angela Corcoran was named chargé d’affaires but was not expected to present her credentials as she was considered head of mission in the absence of an ambassador and not the official head of a diplomatic mission.,[1][2] Faulkner also served as Ambassador to Israel from March 2010[3] until June 2013. It was her post as an ambassador. Until that post, she was Assistant Secretary of the Africa branch at DFAT and was second in command at the embassy in Vietnam.[4]
Before being the ambassador to Myanmar, she was the assistant director of DFAT's Sustainability and Climate Change Branch.[5]
Education
Faulkner attended the University of Adelaide where she earned a BA (with honours), and a bachelor of Music and Diploma in Education.[5]
References
- ^ "Australia Downgrades Diplomatic Ties With Myanmar Junta". THE IRRAWADDY. May 17, 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Chargé d'Affaires to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar". Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Australia appoints new Israeli ambassador". The Australian Jewish News. February 3, 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ Cashman, Fay (November 12, 2017). "Meet the Ambassador: Australia's new envoy loves to roam Jerusalem". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Ambassador to Myanmar". Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
