Andrew Goledzinowski

Andrew Goledzinowski
AM
Australian Ambassador to Vietnam
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 30, 2022[1]
Preceded byRobyn Mudie
Personal details
Awards

Andrew Goledzinowski AM is an Australian career diplomat and ambassador to Vietnam since September 2022.

He was previously appointed High Commissioner to Malaysia in 2017,[4] serving in this position from 2018 to 2021, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York (2008–2011) and Deputy Head of Mission at the UN permanent mission to Geneva (1998–2000).[citation needed]

He was head of the World Bank office in Baghdad in 2004, as Senior Official of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq from 2003 to 2004, as Chief of Staff at Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2000 to 2002.[5]

For his services in Iraq, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours.[6]

He holds a Bachelor of Laws (1983) and Bachelor of Jurisprudence (1980) from the University of New South Wales.[7]

  1. ^ "Ambassador to Vietnam". 30 September 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  2. ^ https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1056837
  3. ^ "Open and Closed Borders: The Geopolitics of Migration" (PDF). University of Otago. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  4. ^ "High Commissioner to Malaysia". Minister for Foreign Fairs. 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  5. ^ "About us". Australian Embassy Vietnam. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Award Extract – Australian Honours Search Facility". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Australian Ambassadors and other representatives". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 1 July 2024.