Chris Cannan is an Australian senior career officer of the

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is the department of the Australian government responsible for foreign policy and international relations, development aid (under the name Australian Aid), consular services, overseas trade, ...

(DFAT) who has been the Ambassador to

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

since June 2017, until September 2020.

Personal life

He grew up in

Victor Harbor, South Australia Victor Harbor is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located within the City of Victor Harbor on the south coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula, about south of the state capital of Adelaide city centre, Adelaide. The town is the larges ...

and graduated from

Victor Harbor High School Victor Harbor High School (VHHS) is located in Victor Harbor, on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia ...

(VHHS). Cannan earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the

University of South Australia The University of South Australia is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1991, it is the successor of the former South Australian Institute of Technology. Its main campuses along North Terrace are ...

, a Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies from

Flinders University Flinders University, established as The Flinders University of South Australia is a public university, public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across a number of locations in South Australia and ...

and a Master of Arts in Foreign Affairs and Trade from

Monash University Monash University () is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the ...

Career

Cannan was head of the Environment Branch at DFAT and therefore, their lead negotiator at the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development.

References

Ambassadors of Australia to Israel University of South Australia alumni Flinders University alumni Monash University alumni Living people People from South Australia Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-diplomat-stub