Margaret Adamson: Difference between revisions

'''Margaret Adamson''' is an Australian diplomat who has served as Deputy [[List of Australian High Commissioners to Papua New Guinea|High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea]]; [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Cambodia|Ambassador to Cambodia]]; [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Poland|Ambassador to Poland]]; Consul General to Berlin; and [[List of High Commissioners of Australia to Pakistan|High Commissioner to Pakistan]].<ref name="ANU">{{cite web |title=A Career Promoting Australia's Interests and Gender Equity - Margaret Adamson |url=https://www.anu.edu.au/alumni/our-alumni/spotlight/a-career-promoting-australias-interests-and-gender-equity-margaret |website=Australian National University |access-date=11 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="You">{{cite news |last1=Muzaffar |first1=Erum Noor |date=2018-06-26|title=Margaret Adamson |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/you/333531-margaret-adamson |access-date=11 October 2021 |publisher=The News International}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-01|title=Formation of Pakistan's first blind women and girls' cricket team announced|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/305110/formation-of-pakistans-first-blind-women-and-girls-cricket-team-announced/|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Daily Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Web Desk|title=Zulfi Bukhari thanks Australian High Commissioner for visa help to NZ attack victims families - SUCH TV|url=https://www.suchtv.pk/pakistan/general/item/84004-zulfi-bukhari-thanks-australian-high-commissioner-for-visa-help-to-nz-attack-victims-families.html|access-date=2021-10-11|website=www.suchtv.pk|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Steps taken for women's empowerment: minister|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/284505-steps-taken-for-women-s-empowerment-minister|access-date=2021-10-11|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-18|title=Alvi urges Argentina, Australia to enhance trade with Pakistan|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1994536/alvi-urges-argentina-australia-enhance-trade-pakistan|access-date=2021-10-11|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-28|title=Australia Spring Day: 70 years of relations with Pakistan celebrated|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1670802/australia-spring-day-70-years-relations-pakistan-celebrated|access-date=2021-10-11|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-10-21|title=Balochistan nutrition project for mothers, kids launched|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/976547/balochistan-nutrition-project-for-mothers-kids-launched|access-date=2021-10-11|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref>

== Education and career ==

Adamson graduated from [[Australian National University]] with a BA in pure mathematics and psychology with a minor in Sociology in 1974 and a Diploma of Education at the [[University of Canberra]].<ref name="ANU" /> She then served in the Australian diplomatic missions to Hanoi and Vienna. From 1987 to 1991, she served as a counsellor for the Australian embassy in Bonn, and after [[German reunification]], until 1996 in Berlin.

From 1998 to 2002, she served as [[List of ambassadors of Australia to Poland|Ambassador to Poland]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa062_98.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212025105/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa062_98.html|archivedate=12 February 2014|title=Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Poland|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer|publisher=Australian Government|date=17 May 1998}}</ref> Following her return from Poland, she became a senior official within the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In 2007, she was named Ambassador to Cambodia, taking over from [[Lisa Filipetto]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2007/fa010_07.html|archivedate=12 February 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212010156/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2007/fa010_07.html|title=Diplomatic Appointment – Ambassador to Cambodia|date=31 January 2007|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer|publisher=Australian Government}}</ref> Her most recent posting was as High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2015 to 2019.<ref>{{cite news|date=23 June 2015|title=High Commissioner to Pakistan|work=Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2015/jb_mr_150623.aspx?w=tb1CaGpkPX%2FlS0K%2Bg9ZKEg%3D%3D|accessdate=14 March 2017}}</ref>

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