Margaret Twomey
Margaret Twomey Her Excellency | |
|---|---|
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| Margaret Twomey | |
| Australian High Commissioner to Fiji | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office November 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
Margaret Aileen Twomey (born 1963) is the High Commisioner of Australia to Fiji, having taken up her post in November 2014. [1] Twomey has an honours degree in Arts (Russian and French) from the University of Melbourne and speaks Russian. Her grandfather Patrick Joseph Twomey started the PJ Twomey Hospital for Lepers in Fiji.[2]
Former appointments
- Head of Policy Planning, DFAT (2011-2014)
- Ambassador to Russia and Ukraine (2008-2011)
- Australia’s Ambassador to East Timor (2004–08)
- Deputy High Commissioner in Suva (2000–02)
- First Secretary and Counsellor in London (1995–2000)
- Third, later Second Secretary in Belgrade (1990–92)
References
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Paul Foley |
Australian Ambassador to East Timor 2004 – 2008 |
Succeeded by Peter Heyward |
| Preceded by Bob Tyson |
Australian Ambassador to Russia 2008 – 2011 |
Succeeded by Paul Myler |
| Preceded by James Batley |
Australian High Commissioner to Fiji 2014 – |
Incumbent |