Andrew Goledzinowski
Andrew Goledzinowski AM | |
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| Australian Ambassador to Vietnam | |
| Assumed office September 30, 2022[1] | |
| Preceded by | Robyn Mudie |
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| Awards | DFAT Secretary's Award for Excellence in Innovation |
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, Ambassador and 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]
Goledzinowski was Australia's Ambassador for People Smuggling and Human Trafficking issues from December 2014 to September 2017. As co-chair of the 49 members Bali Process Senior Officials Committee, he oversaw negotiation of the Bali Ministerial Declaration in 2016 and the establishment, with Andrew Forrest, of the business track of the Bali Process. He was a principal negotiator of the agreement struck with the Obama administration for the resettlement of refugees from Nauru and Manus Island to the United States.
He has served as head of the World Bank office in Baghdad in 2004, as Senior Official of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq from 2003 to 2004, and as Chief of Staff to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2000 to 2002.[5]
Goledzinowski was Senior Advisor to two Australian Foreign Ministers: Alexander Downer (Liberal) 2006 to 2007 and Gareth Evans (Labor) 1994 to 1996.
In addition to overseas postings in Wellington, Pretoria, Port Vila, Geneva, Baghdad, New York, Kuala Lumpur and Hanoi, he has led Emergency Response Teams (ERTs) to Iraq in 2005, Syria in 2006, and Ukraine in 2022. In 2014, he led a 15-country, 92-member Multinational Observer Group (MOG) to monitor Fiji's return-to-democracy election.
For his services in Iraq, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours[6] and was awarded the U.S. Secretary's Medal for Exceptional Public Service. In 2020, he received the DFAT Secretary's Award for Excellence in Innovation for his effective use of social media.
He holds a Bachelor of Laws (1983) and Bachelor of Jurisprudence (1980) from the University of New South Wales.[7]
Goledzinowski has an interest in the performing arts. From 1991 to 1993 he was on the board of the Meryl Tankard Dance Company. From 1993 to 1995 he was Chair of Vis-a-Vis Dance Canberra. In 1996 he founded the Australian Choreographic Centre, which he chaired until mid 1998.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ambassador to Vietnam". 30 September 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
- ^ https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1056837
- ^ "Open and Closed Borders: The Geopolitics of Migration" (PDF). University of Otago. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "High Commissioner to Malaysia". Minister for Foreign Fairs. 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "About us". Australian Embassy Vietnam. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Award Extract – Australian Honours Search Facility". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Australian Ambassadors and other representatives". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 1 July 2024.