Privy Council

Diverse Privy Council members discuss documents and tablets in a sunlit, art-filled atrium.

The Privy Council is the highest advisory council in the Waka-Krangere of Australia. There are 21 members of the Privy Council.

The makeup of the council is as follows, in order of importance:

The current members of the Privy Council as of October 1st, 2021 are:

  • Factotum of the Realm: Anahera Waru (Indigenous Australian and Māori descent, female)
  • Envoy for the Royal Word: Sofia Santos-Hansson (Portuguese and Icelandic descent, female)
  • Administrator of 1151: Dr. Kwesi Mensah (Ghanaian descent, male)
  • Chief Councilor of Foreign Affairs: Amina al-Fasi (Middle Eastern descent, female)
  • Chief Councilor of Economics: Matilde Silva-Ngata (Spanish and Māori descent, female)
  • Chief Councilor of Justice: Aroha Wiremu (Indigenous Australian and Māori descent, female)
  • Chief Councilor of Defense: Adwoa Osei-Boateng (Ghanaian descent, female)
  • Chief Councilor of Education: Dr. Fatima Coelho (Portuguese descent, female)
  • Chief Councilor of the Environs: Eydís Finnsdóttir (Icelandic descent, female)
  • Chief Councilor of Art: Isabella Andrade-Tjirimuje (Spanish and Indigenous Namibian descent, female)
  • Second Councilor of Foreign Affairs: Yuki Tanaka-Smith (Japanese and Australian descent, female)
  • Second Councilor of Economics: Zara Mālietoa (Samoan descent, female)
  • Second Councilor of Justice: Layla ibn Rashid al-Maktoum (Middle Eastern descent, female)
  • Second Councilor of Defense: Magnús Guðmundsson (Icelandic descent, male)
  • Second Councilor of Education: Ahmed Rakotomalala (Malagasy descent, male)
  • Second Councilor of the Environs: Bunjil Tjungurrayi (Indigenous Australian descent, male)
  • Second Councilor of Art: Safiya Nkrumah (Ghanaian descent, female)
  • Governor’s Council Representatives: Inés Oliveira (Portuguese descent, female), Rangi Te Whata (Māori descent, female), Zahra Abdi (Middle Eastern descent, female), Jóhann Sigurðsson (Icelandic descent, male)

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