John McCarthy (ambassador)

John McCarthy (ambassador)

John McCarthy (born 1942) has served as Australia's Ambassador to Vietnam (1981-83), Ambassador to Mexico (1985-87), Ambassador to Thailand (1992-94), Ambassador to the United States from 1995 to 1997, Ambassador to Indonesia (1997-2001) and Ambassador to Japan (27 July 2001-2004). He has also served in Damascus, Baghdad and Vientiane. Mr McCarthy took up the appointment of Ambassador to India in 2004.

From 1994-95, McCarthy was Deputy Secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra.

Born in Washington, D.C., McCarthy was educated at Cambridge University where he received a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws degree. He is a barrister-at-law and practised in London from 1965 to 1966. He worked with the New York Law Firm of Shearman & Sterling from 1966 to 1967 and joined the then-Australian Foreign Service in 1968. McCarthy has two daughters.

References

* [http://www.dfat.gov.au/homs/io.html Mr John McCarthy AO Biography] , Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Accessed 2007-06-15.


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