Australia Appoints New Ambassador to Greece, Bulgaria

Politics » DIPLOMACY | July 28, 2011, Thursday // 09:56
Bulgaria: Australia Appoints New Ambassador to Greece, Bulgaria File photo

Jenny Bloomfield is to be Australia's new Ambassador to Greece with non-resident accreditation to Albania and Bulgaria, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd announced.

Bloomfield is expected to take up her appointment next month. She will replace Jeremy Newman who has been Ambassador since March 2008.

Jenny Bloomfield is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and until recently was Assistant Secretary, Middle East Branch, a position she held since February 2010. Bloomfield has previously served overseas in Japan and Iran.

Bloomfield holds a Master of Arts degree in Foreign Affairs and Trade from Monash University, a Bachelor of Letters in Political Science and French and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Bachelor of Arts in Modern Greek from the University of Melbourne.

She is married with four children. Speaks Greek.

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