H.E. Ian Biggs
Ambassador Mr Ian Biggs commenced his appointment on 22 May 2023.
Mr Ian Biggs is the Australian Ambassador to Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovenia and the Slovak Republic. Mr Biggs is Australia's Resident Representative and Governor to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and Australia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna, as well as to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) Preparatory Commission.
Mr Biggs is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and was most recently Ambassador for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation. He has previously served overseas as Ambassador to Iran, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia, as Deputy Head of Mission in India, Austria and Syria, and as Special Assistant to the IAEA Director General.
Mr Biggs holds a Masters in International Relations from the Australian National University and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Sydney. He speaks Arabic.
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