Dennis Argall | |
|---|---|
| Australian Ambassador to China | |
| In office 1984–1985 | |
| Preceded by | Hugh Alexander Dunn |
| Succeeded by | Ross Garnaut |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 July 1943 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 13 June 2023 (aged 79) Nowra, New South Wales, Australia |
| Education | Newington College University of Sydney |
| Occupation | Senior career officer with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Dennis Walter Argall (7 July 1943 – 13 June 2023) was an Australian diplomat and senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). He was Australia’s Ambassador to China from 1984 until 1985.[1] A tribute in John Menadue's, public commentator, and formerly a senior public servant and diplomat, journal of public policy, Pearls and Irritations described him as "curious, funny, fiercely intelligent, committed to social justice, and fairly often the world had to catch up with him. He didn’t laugh at sexist and racist jokes, he didn’t find them funny. He was a career diplomat, a former Ambassador to China, and he wrote the first speech in the Australian Parliament that talked about human rights."[2]