List_of_administrative_heads_of_Christmas_Island Knowpia

This is a list of the administrative heads of Christmas Island since 1 October 1958, when it became an external territory of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Ordinal	Officeholder	Title	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Christmas Island Territory of the Commonwealth of Australia
1	Donald Evan Nickels	Official Representative of Christmas Island	1 October 1958 (1958-10-01)	30 September 1960 (1960-09-30)	1 year, 365 days
2	John William Stokes		1 October 1960 (1960-10-01)	12 June 1966 (1966-06-12)	5 years, 254 days
3	Charles Ivens Buffett		13 June 1966 (1966-06-13)	30 April 1968 (1968-04-30)	1 year, 322 days
4	Leslie Dudley King	Administrator of Christmas Island	1 May 1968 (1968-05-01)	30 April 1970 (1970-04-30)	1 year, 364 days
5	John Sampson White		1 May 1970 (1970-05-01)	14 March 1973 (1973-03-14)	2 years, 317 days
6	Francis Scott "Frank" Evatt		15 March 1973 (1973-03-15)	14 March 1974 (1974-03-14)	364 days
7	Charles Harry Webb		15 March 1974 (1974-03-15)	8 October 1975 (1975-10-08)	1 year, 207 days
8	William Worth		1 November 1975 (1975-11-01)	31 October 1977 (1977-10-31)	1 year, 364 days
9	Francis Charles Boyle		1 November 1977 (1977-11-01)	4 May 1980 (1980-05-04)	2 years, 185 days
10	Rendle McNeilage Holten		19 May 1980 (1980-05-19)	25 May 1982 (1982-05-25)	2 years, 6 days
11	William Yates		26 May 1982 (1982-05-26)	9 August 1983 (1983-08-09)	1 year, 75 days
12	Thomas Ferguson "Tom" Paterson		10 August 1983 (1983-08-10)	15 April 1986 (1986-04-15)	2 years, 248 days
−	C. Stephens	Acting Administrator of Christmas Island	15 April 1986 (1986-04-15)	3 August 1986 (1986-08-03)	110 days
13	Don Taylor	Administrator of Christmas Island	4 August 1986 (1986-08-04)	24 February 1990 (1990-02-24)	3 years, 204 days
14	William Albany "Bill" McKenzie	Administrator of Christmas Island	25 February 1990 (1990-02-25)	2 May 1991 (1991-05-02)	1 year, 66 days
−	A. Mitchell	Acting Administrator of Christmas Island	2 May 1991 (1991-05-02)	4 July 1991 (1991-07-04)	63 days
−	P. Gifford	Acting Administrator of Christmas Island	5 July 1991 (1991-07-05)	9 March 1992 (1992-03-09)	248 days
15	Michael John Grimes	Administrator of Christmas Island	10 March 1992 (1992-03-10)	9 March 1994 (1994-03-09)	1 year, 364 days
−	Peter Woods	Acting Administrator of Christmas Island	10 March 1994 (1994-03-10)	30 June 1994 (1994-06-30)	112 days
16	Danny Ambrose Gillespie	Administrator of Christmas Island	1 July 1994 (1994-07-01)	30 June 1996 (1996-06-30)	1 year, 365 days
Part of Australian Indian Ocean Territories of the Commonwealth of Australia
−	Merrilyn Ann Chilvers	Acting Administrator of Christmas Island Acting Administrator of Australian Indian Ocean Territories	1 July 1996 (1996-07-01)	24 April 1997 (1997-04-24)	297 days
−	Graham Nicholls		25 April 1997 (1997-04-25)	30 September 1997 (1997-09-30)	158 days	1st Term
17	Ron G. Harvey	Administrator of Christmas Island Administrator of Australian Indian Ocean Territories	1 October 1997 (1997-10-01)	30 October 1998 (1998-10-30)	1 year, 29 days
(−)	Graham Nicholls	Acting Administrator of Christmas Island Acting Administrator of Australian Indian Ocean Territories Acting Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands	1 November 1998 (1998-11-01)	3 February 1999 (1999-02-03)	94 days	2nd Term
18	William "Bill" Leonard Taylor	Administrator of Christmas Island Administrator of Australian Indian Ocean Territories Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands	4 February 1999 (1999-02-04)	30 July 2003 (2003-07-30)	4 years, 176 days
−	Ray Stone	Acting Administrator of Christmas Island Acting Administrator of Australian Indian Ocean Territories Acting Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands	31 July 2003 (2003-07-31)	1 November 2003 (2003-11-01)	93 days
19	Evan Williams	Administrator of Christmas Island Administrator of Australian Indian Ocean Territories Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands	1 November 2003 (2003-11-01)	31 October 2005 (2005-10-31)	2 years, 92 days
20	Neil Lucas		30 January 2006 (2006-01-30)	22 February 2008 (2008-02-22)	2 years, 23 days
−	Julian Yates	Acting Administrator of Christmas Island Acting Administrator of Australian Indian Ocean Territories Acting Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands	22 February 2008 (2008-02-22)	28 February 2008 (2008-02-28)	6 days
−	Sheryl Klaffer		28 February 2009 (2009-02-28)	2009 (2009)	0 years
−	Stephen Clay		2009 (2009)	5 October 2009 (2009-10-05)	0 years
21	Brian James Lacy	Administrator of Christmas Island Administrator of Australian Indian Ocean Territories Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands	5 October 2009 (2009-10-05)	29 September 2012 (2012-09-29)	2 years, 360 days
22	Jon Stanhope		5 October 2012 (2012-10-05)	6 October 2014 (2014-10-06)	2 years, 1 day
23	Barry Haase		6 October 2014 (2014-10-06)	5 October 2017 (2017-10-05)	2 years, 364 days
24	Natasha Griggs		5 October 2017 (2017-10-05)	22 October 2022 (2022-10-22)	5 years, 17 days
24	Farzian Zainal		26 May 2023 (2023-05-26)	Incumbent	315 days

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