Department of Veterans' Affairs (Australia)
Department secretary

Department of Veterans' Affairs (Australia)

Section Title: Department secretary
Table Section Text: None

Order	Official	Official title	Date appointment commenced	Date appointment ceased	Term in office	Notes

1	Sir Richard Kingsland	Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs	5 October 1976	1981	4–5 years	served as Secretary to the Repatriation Department since 1970

2	Derek Volker	1981	14 November 1986	4–5 years

3	Noel Tanzer	18 December 1986	1 March 1989	2 years, 73 days

4	Lionel Woodward	1 March 1989	26 April 1994	5 years, 56 days

5	Allan Hawke	1994	1996	1–2 years

6	Neil Johnston	11 March 1996	30 September 2004	8 years, 203 days

7	Mark Sullivan	26 October 2004	2008	3–4 years

8	Ian Campbell	22 September 2008	5 July 2013	4 years, 286 days

9	Simon Lewis	July 2013	18 May 2018	5 years, 304 days	acting between May and July 2013

10	Liz Cosson	18 May 2018	incumbent

Sentence(s)

The Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs is Simon Lewis, who took the position July 2013.

final_sentence: The Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs is Simon Lewis, who took the position July 2013.