# Alan Renouf

Alan Phillip Renouf OBE (21 March 1919 – 26 May 2008) was a prominent Australian government official during the 1970s. == Life and career == Renouf joined the Commonwealth Public Service in the Department of External Affairs in 1943, after serving in the army.In 1960, Renouf was appointed the first Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, a position in which he remained until 1963. Between 1963 and 1965, Renouf worked at the Australian embassy in Washington, D.C. He and his wife returned to Canberra for less than a year before Renouf was named Australia's first Ambassador to Yugoslavia in August 1966, to begin his appointment in November.From 1969 to 1973, Renouf was Australia's Ambassador to France.