Former Tasmania Premier Will Hodgman to Be Australia’s High Commissioner to Singapore.

Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman speaks at the Restaurant Australia Marketplace event at Macquarie Wharf on November 14, 2014 in Hobart, Australia. Graham Denholm/Getty Images

Former Tasmania premier Will Hodgman has landed the plum political posting of Australia’s High Commissioner to Singapore.

The 51-year-old, who was the state’s longest-serving Liberal leader, was announced as Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne’s pick for the senior diplomatic job on Nov 29.