Crispin Conroy (born 1963) is an Australian diplomat. He is a career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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Conroy has a Bachelor of Arts in French language and civilization (Hons) from the Australian National University. He has a Bachelor of Law (Hons) from the same university, which he received in 1988.[1]
From 1990 to 1993, Conroy was Third and Second Secretary at the Australian embassy in Madrid, Spain. He returned to Canberra from 1994 to 1995, continuing work with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He was named First Secretary at the Australian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva between 1995 and 1998 and was Deputy Legal Adviser and Director of the International Law Section afterwards until 1999.[2]
Conroy was the Australian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Nepal from December 1999 to December 2002.[2] During this period, King Dipendra and several family members were assassinated leading to a period of riots, which Conroy advised the Australian Broadcasting Corporation of the situation, which was unclear at the time.[3] During his period of being the ambassador, Conroy reportedly proposed marriage to Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala, who came from a well-connected Nepalese political family.[4] After leaving Kathmandu in 2002, he was the Deputy Chief of Mission in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[2] [5]
Conroy is currently the Australia's Trade Commissioner stationed in Santiago de Chile. The Ambassador is, since 2009, MS Virginia Greenville. As ambassador, he helped secure funding for children's sport and leisure facilities in the poor region of Renca, in cooperation with World Vision. Conroy acknowledged that usually funding of projects by Australia is not the norm.[6]
He is now married and has two daughters.[2]