Hugh Heggie

His Honour The Honourable
Hugh Heggie
AO PSM
23rd Administrator of the Northern Territory
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 February 2023
Governors GeneralDavid Hurley
Sam Mostyn
Preceded byVicki O'Halloran
Personal details
Born
Hugh Crosbie Heggie

1950 (age 73–74)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Spouse
Ruth Jones
​
(m. 2016)​
ResidenceGovernment House, Darwin
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne

Hugh Crosbie Heggie AO PSM (born 1950) is an Australian public servant and physician who is the 23rd and current Administrator of the Northern Territory since 2 February 2023.[1]

Career

Heggie was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1950,[2] and educated at Bonbeach High School. He attended the University of Melbourne and graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. On the completion of his first degree he relocated to Sydney where he worked as a research pharmacologist before returning to Melbourne. In 2001, after 20 years in Melbourne, he relocated to the Northern Territory with his family.[3]

Between 2016 and 2022, Heggie served as the Chief Health Officer and executive director of Public Health and Clinical Excellence in the Northern Territory. He played a significant role during the COVID-19 restrictions in Australia and served on numerous boards, committees and councils locally and nationally.[3]

On 29 November 2022, the Chief Minister Natasha Fyles announced Heggie would become the 23rd Administrator of the Northern Territory, succeeding Vicki O'Halloran.[4] He was sworn in by Governor-General David Hurley on 2 February 2023.[1]

Honours

Heggie was awarded the Public Service Medal (PSM) in the 2021 Australia Day Honours for "outstanding public service to community health in the Northern Territory".[5] He was also awarded the Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal in 2021 for his contributions during the 2015 Cyclone Pam disaster in Vanuatu.[3]

He was invested as a Knight of the Order of St John on his appointment as the Administrator of the Northern Territory on 5 February 2023.[6] Heggie was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2024 Australia Day Honours for "distinguished service to medicine and medical research organisations, and as Administrator of the Northern Territory".[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Swearing-in of the 23rd Administrator of the Northern Territory". govhouse.nt.gov.au. Government House. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Family Notices". The Age. No. 29669. Victoria, Australia. 31 May 1950. p. 2. Retrieved 23 February 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ a b c "About the Administrator". govhouse.nt.gov.au. Government House. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Hugh Heggie named as next NT Administrator". NT News. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Heggie, Hugh Crosbie". Australian Honours. Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  6. ^ Invested as a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John, Government House, Darwin, retrieved 9 February 2023
  7. ^ "His Honour Professor the Honourable Hugh Crosby Heggie PSM". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
Government offices
Preceded by Administrator of the Northern Territory
2023–present 		Incumbent


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