Robyn Mudie

Robyn Mudie is the Australian Ambassador to Vietnam since March 22, 2019, and was the Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka from 2012 until 2016 with non-resident accreditation to the Maldives.

Mudie in 2019

Education

Mudie was born and raised in Adelaide, Australia, and became interested in foreign policy and world affairs in college.[1] She earned a Bachelor of Arts in politics and history from the University of Adelaide, and did further study in foreign affairs and trade at the Australian National University.[2] She has a Master of Arts in Southeast Asian Studies from the University of Hull.[3]

Career

Mudie is a career diplomat who first worked in Hanoi as a diplomat starting in 1993.[1][4] She subsequently worked in New York in the Australian Permanent Mission to the United Nations; she was in New York City during the September 11 attacks.[1]

Following her time in New York she worked in Geneva as Australia's representative to the United Nations.[1] During this period she helped setup the United Nations Human Rights Council and was at its first meeting in 2006.[1]

She then became the Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives,[5] a position she held from 2012 until 2016. While there, her work projects included improving access to clean water.[6] In 2019 she was named the Australian Ambassador to Vietnam.[2] Her work in Vietnam has centered on advocating for leadership roles for women,[7] reducing violence against women,[8] providing aid and vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic,[9][10] and celebrating 50 years of cooperation between Vietnam and Australia.[11] Her term in Vietnam will end in 2022.[4]

References
  1. de Silva - Senarath, Kathya (16 December 2015). "Smiling in the rain". Sri Lanka Daily News. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  2. Payne, Marise (22 March 2019). "Ambassador to Vietnam". Minister for Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  3. Mudie, Robyn (1998). ASEM and Australia: Implications and Challenges. Centre for South-East Asian Studies and Institute of Pacific Asia Studies, The University of Hull. ISBN 0903122030.
  4. Phunuvietnam (1 February 2022). "Đại sứ Australia tại Việt Nam Robyn Mudie: 30 năm nữa vẫn sẽ xem lại những bức ảnh về Tết Việt". phunuvietnam (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  5. "High Commissioner Robyn Mudie bids adieu". Sri Lanka Daily News. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  6. "Meeting the Needs of the Estate Communities". World Vision. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Đại sứ Australia tôn vinh vai trò lãnh đạo của phụ nữ Việt Nam". laodong.vn (in Vietnamese). 19 October 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  8. "Australian-funded initiative aims to eliminate violence against women, children". Vietnam News. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  9. Anh, Minh (15 July 2020). "Australia, UNDP continue to help Vietnam improve good governance, citizen participation". Hanoi Times. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  10. "Policy, Guns and Money: Covid disinformation and Vietnam's virus response". The Strategist. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  11. "Đại sứ Robyn Mudie: Úc có cùng quan tâm với Việt Nam về ổn định ở Biển Đông". Báo Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). 2 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
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