In 1968 an Honorary Consulate for Lebanon was established in Melbourne.
In 1978 it was replaced with a career Consulate.
In 1982 the Lebanese Cabinet of Ministers decided to raise the representation level in Melbourne to a Consulate-General and a decree was issued to that effect on 25/3/1983.
Following are the details of all the Consuls who took charge of the consulate since 1968 until now.
Mr. Joseph Mansour Honorary Consul
Mr. Joseph Batrouney Honorary Consul
Mr. Louis Fleyfel Honorary Consul
Mr. Mounir Khreish Consul (Aug 79 - 19/7/1980)
Mr. Hesham Demashkieh Consul-General (20/7/80 - 15/6/1983)
Mr. Joseph Sayah Consul a.i. (16/6/83 - 15/2/1984)
Mr. Adnan Mansour Consul-General (16/2/84 - 22/7/1984)
Mr. Joseph Sayah Consul-General a.i. (23/7/84 - 10/7/1986)
Mr. Moustapha Moustapha Consul-General (19/7/86 - 12/12/1990)
Mr. Tony Badaoui Consul-General (13/12/90 - 6/11/1996)
Dr. Jean Daniel Consul-General (7/11/96 - 1/8/1999)
Dr. Tannous Aoun Consul-General (2/8/99 - 25/2/2002)
Mr. Ghattas El-Hakim Consul-General (26/2/02 - 11/2/2006)
Dr. Jean Makaron Consul-General (12/2/06 - 30/7/2007)
Mr. Mohammed Skayni Consul-General a.i. (31/7/07 - 27/4/2009)
Mr. Henri Castoun Consul-General (28/4/2009 - 6/8/2012)
Mr. Ghassan El Khatib Consul-General (7/8/2012 – 20/1/2018)
Dr. Ziad Itani Consul-General (21/1/2018 – Current)