Susan Cox (diplomat)

Susan Cox OAM is an Australian diplomat and is a career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She has served in several ambassadorial positions, including as Australian Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia from 2007 to 2011 and Australian Ambassador to Croatia from 2012 to 2017.

Susan Cox OAM
Susan Cox in 2007
Alma materUniversity of Canberra (BA)[1]
OccupationPublic servant, diplomat

Life and career

From 1990 to 1993, Cox was Australia's Vic-Consul in New Caledonia. Between 1993 and 1998 she worked in areas of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) that focused on Pacific policies. In 1998 she was appointed Deputy High Commissioner in Vanuatu, a role she served in until 2001.[2]

She was manager of DFAT's Consular Coordination Unit from 2002 to 2003, before joining the Consular Policy and Crisis Management Section (where she worked between 2003 and 2006).[3] In 2003 she was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her work assisting victims and their families following the Bali bombings, she was one of 199 people recognised for their work in the wake of the attacks.[4]

Cox took up an appointment as Australian Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia in 2007, formally presenting her credentials to the President in November 2007.[2] During her tenure, Cox regarded the Pacific patrol boat program, which financially supports the Federated States of Micronesia's maritime surveillance capacity, as the central pillar of the bilateral security relationship.[5] When reflecting on the role at the end of the posting in 2011, Cox described President Mori signing the Pacific Partnership for Development Agreement with Australia as one of her major achievements.[6] The agreement meant that the Federated States of Micronesia had a separate, direct agreement with Australia for aid, with specific aid goals.[7] Cox had also signed a treaty for the exchange of tax information between Australia and the Marshall Islands, in 2010.[8]

On 28 September 2012, Cox was appointed Australian Ambassador to Croatia.[9] and she presented her credentials to Croatian President Ivo Josipović on 14 December 2012.[10]

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References
  1. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ambassador to Croatia: Ms Susan Cox Biography, Australian Government, archived from the original on 9 November 2016
  2. Mori, Manny (7 November 2007). "New Ambassador of Australia to the FSM Formally Received" (Press release). Government of the Federated States of Micronesia. Archived from the original on 9 December 2007. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. Downer, Alexander (6 August 2007). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Micronesia" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  4. "Full list: Bali honours". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 17 October 2003. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  5. "FSM, Australia discuss maritime security". Pacific Islands News Association. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  6. "Ambassador Cox of Australia says farewell to FSM" (Press release). Government of the Federated States of Micronesia. 17 February 2011. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  7. "Australian envoy sees better focus under new north Pacific aid pacts". Pacific Islands News Association. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  8. "Marshall Islands, Australia ink tax information exchange treaty". Pacific Islands News Association. 13 May 2010.
  9. "New ambassador appointed to Croatia". News.com.au. News Corp. 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  10. "Predsjednik Josipović primio vjerodajnice veleposlanice Australije" (in Croatian). President of Croatia. 14 December 2012. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Corinne Tomkinson		 Australian Ambassador to the
Federated States of Micronesia
2007 – 2011		 Succeeded by
Martin Quinn
Preceded by
Beverly Mercer		 Australian Ambassador to Croatia
2012 – 2017		 Succeeded by
Elizabeth Petrovic


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