Robyn Mudie is an Australian diplomat who most recently served as the Ambassador to Vietnam from 2019 to 2022, and was the High Commissioner to Sri Lanka from 2012 until 2016 with non-resident accreditation to the Maldives.
Education
editMudie 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
editMudie 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 set up 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] development assistance including collaboration in agricultural research[11] and celebrating 50 years of cooperation between Vietnam and Australia.[12] Her term in Vietnam ended in September 2022.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e de Silva - Senarath, Kathya (16 December 2015). "Smiling in the rain". Sri Lanka Daily News. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ a b Payne, Marise (22 March 2019). "Ambassador to Vietnam". Minister for Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "High Commissioner Robyn Mudie bids adieu". Sri Lanka Daily News. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Meeting the Needs of the Estate Communities". World Vision. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Australian-funded initiative aims to eliminate violence against women, children". Vietnam News. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ Anh, Minh (15 July 2020). "Australia, UNDP continue to help Vietnam improve good governance, citizen participation". Hanoi Times. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Policy, Guns and Money: Covid disinformation and Vietnam's virus response". The Strategist. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ ACIAR. "Ambassador Robyn Mudie: an advocate for Vietnam-Australia relations". ACIAR. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "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.