John Hood (diplomat)

John Douglas Lloyd Hood CBE (31 May 1904 – 3 October 1991) was an Australian diplomat who served as Australia's second permanent representative to the United Nations and ambassador to Germany.His father was the head of the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Mutual Provident Society and Hood was educated at Kyne College in Adelaide (1915–1917) and The Hutchins School in Sandy Bay, Tasmania (1918–1921).[5] After completing this posting by 1946, Hood acted as political adviser to the Australian Military Mission in Berlin and in 1947 was appointed to succeed Paul Hasluck as the second Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations in New York City.[8][9] The post was considered an important one, with The Advocate opining that Australia should be offer advice and technical assistance to the Sukarno Government as Indonesia was "suffering the growing pains of nationhood".[10] Hood was recalled to Australia briefly in May 1950 to discuss matters relating to Indonesia's claim to western New Guinea and the death of an Australian pilot, John Doderick, who was fatally shot in Jakarta that month.
AdelaideSouth Australiapermanent representative to the United Nationsambassador to GermanyAustralian Mutual Provident SocietyThe Hutchins SchoolSandy Bay, TasmaniaUniversity of TasmaniaRhodes ScholarshipUniversity of OxfordMagdalen College, OxfordC. S. LewisPhilosophy, Politics and EconomicsThe Times of Londonsub-editorDepartment of External AffairsHigh Commission in LondonCanberraThe Haguelegationchargé d'affairesPaul HasluckPermanent Representative of Australia to the United NationsUnited Nations Security Councilpresident of that bodyUnited Nations Special Committee on PalestinePercy SpenderAmbassador to IndonesiaThe AdvocateTheodor HeussCommander of the Order of the British EmpireRichard CaseyCold WarUnited Nations Trusteeship CouncilAmbassador to IsraelLe Bar-sur-LoupThe MercuryThe Daily NewsThe Canberra TimesThe NewsThe Courier-MailBooker, MalcolmStanley BruceChargé d'affaires of Australia in the NetherlandsKeith OfficerKeith ShannWarren AustinPresident of the United Nations Security CouncilCharles EatonAmbassador of Australia to IndonesiaCharles KevinNoël DeschampsAmbassador of Australia to GermanyPatrick ShawMason SearsJohn McMillanAmbassador of Australia to Israel