What is Peter Varghese?
[[File:Peter Varghese (1).jpg|thumb|Varghese in August 2009.]] '''Peter Joseph Noozhumurry Varghese''' {{Small|[[Order of Australia|AO]]}} (born 1956) is an [[Australians|Australian]] diplomat and [[public servant]]. He has been the [[Departmental secretary|Secretary]] of the [[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)|Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade]] since 3 December 2012. Varghese was born in [[Kenya]] to [[Saint Thomas Christian|Nasrani]] parents from [[Kerala, India]]. He moved to Australia as a child in 1964. He studied history and graduated from the [[University of Queensland]]. He is married and has a son.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dfat.gov.au/about-us/our-people/executive/pages/biography-of-peter-varghese.aspx|title=Biography of Mr Peter Varghese AO|work=dfat.gov.au|access-date=20 September 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Varghese, Peter}} [[Category:1956 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Australian ministers for Foreign Affairs]] [[Category:Australian diplomats]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] [[Category:Malayali people]] {{Bio-stub}}