1. Mark William Christopher Higgie was born on 26 July 1957 and is a former Australian diplomat, political advisor, and intelligence analyst.
10 Facts About Mark Higgie
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Mark Higgie was the Australian Ambassador to the European Union and NATO, Belgium, and Luxembourg between 2014 and 2017.
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Mark Higgie previously served as international advisor to the Hon Tony Abbott MP, both when Abbott was Leader of the Opposition and when he was Prime Minister.
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Mark Higgie graduated from the Australian National University in 1981 with a BA in Russian and Political Science; and in 1987 was awarded a PhD from the same institution for a thesis on Soviet and East European politics.
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Mark Higgie joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and initially served in Belgrade and Vienna.
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Mark Higgie was international advisor to the Hon Tony Abbott MP, both when Abbott was Leader of the Opposition and when he was Prime Minister.
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Greg Sheridan, foreign editor at The Australian, to whom Mark Higgie has been seen as close, described Mark Higgie as a 'highly regarded professional' with good connections among Coalition politicians.
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Mark Higgie was Australia's ambassador in Brussels between 2014 and 2017.
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Mark Higgie has contributed articles to the British edition of The Spectator, The Australian, The Telegraph, Hungarian Review, the Royal United Services Institute newsletter and XpatLoop Budapest.
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Mark Higgie resigned in protest over what he saw as its mismanagement.