Michael L'Estrange

Michael L'Estrange
High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
In office
August 2000 – February 2005
Preceded byPhilip Flood
Succeeded byRichard Alston
Personal details
Born
Michael Gerard L'Estrange

(1952-10-12) 12 October 1952 (age 72)
North Sydney, New South Wales
NationalityAustralia Australian
Alma materUniversity of Sydney;
Worcester College, Oxford;
Georgetown University;
University of California, Berkeley
OccupationAcademic, public servant and diplomat

Michael Gerard L'Estrange AO (born 12 October 1952 in North Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian academic and former public servant. He is the former Head of the National Security College at the Australian National University, in Canberra. L'Estrange had earlier served a long career in the Australian public service including as a diplomat and as Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.