Dennis Argall

Dennis Argall
Australian Ambassador to China
In office
1984–1985
Preceded byHugh Alexander Dunn
Succeeded byRoss Garnaut
Personal details
Born(1943-07-07)7 July 1943
Died13 June 2023(2023-06-13) (aged 79)
EducationNewington College
University of Sydney
OccupationSenior career officer with Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
ProfessionDiplomat
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Dennis Walter Argall (7 July 1943 – 13 June 2023) was an Australian diplomat and senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade. He was Australia’s Ambassador to China from 1984 until 1985. A tribute in John Menadue's, public commentator, and formerly a senior public servant and diplomat, journal of public policy, Pearls and Irritations described him as "curious, funny, fiercely intelligent, committed to social justice, and fairly often the world had to catch up with him. He didn’t laugh at sexist and racist jokes, he didn’t find them funny. He was a career diplomat, a former Ambassador to China, and he wrote the first speech in the Australian Parliament that talked about human rights."