Peter Curtis (diplomat)

Peter Campbell John Curtis (8 September 1929 – 5 May 2013) was an Australian public servant and diplomat.

[1] Returning to Canberra in 1972, Curtis was appointed assistant secretary of the Personnel Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs (the external affairs department's name had been changed in 1970).

[4] In the role he led a property acquisition trip to Hanoi in advance of establishing a mission in Vietnam.

[5][6] He was appointed Ambassador to Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Jordan in 1975.

[7] From 1976 to 1979, Curtis was Australian High Commissioner to India and Nepal.