Australian Government - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Advancing the interests of Australia and Australians internationally

Australian Government - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Advancing the interests of Australia and Australians internationally

Ms Patricia Holmes, Ambassador to Argentina

John Richardson

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Biography

Ms Holmes is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and was most recently Assistant Secretary, Legal Counsel Branch, a position she held since April 2010. Ms Holmes has served previously in Geneva, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu.

Ms Holmes holds a Bachelor of Science with a Bachelor of Law degree from Macquarie University; a Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies from the University of Technology, Sydney; a Masters of Arts in Foreign Affairs and Trade and a Masters of Laws in Environmental Law from the Australian National University. Ms Holmes was admitted to the Bar of NSW and ACT in 1992. Ms Holmes speaks Spanish. She has a partner and three children.

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