His Honour the Honourable
Hugh Heggie
PSM
23rd Administrator of the Northern Territory
Assumed office
2 February 2023
Governor GeneralDavid Hurley
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

Hugh Crosbie Heggie 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 pandemic 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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Swearing-in of the 23rd Administrator of the Northern Territory". govhouse.nt.gov.au. Government House. 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. 1 2 3 "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


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